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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">From:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> E-trademarks <e-trademarks-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Carl Oppedahl via E-trademarks<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 15, 2024 11:27 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> For trademark practitioners. This is not for laypersons to seek legal advice. <e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Carl Oppedahl <carl@oppedahl.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [E-trademarks] CAFC handed down its opinion in In re Chestek today.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p>The appeal effort up until now had cost the applicant/appellant really a lot of money, many tens of thousands of dollars. I am aware of at least one member of the listserv who contributed a bit of money toward that cost.<span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p>Yes, an <i>en banc </i>request might be worth pursuing. This would cost some tens of thousands of dollars in addition to the costs already incurred.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I wonder whether the trademark community would be willing to pony up the cost of the
<i>en banc </i>request? Possible approaches could include setting up a gofundme (which would incur fees to the provider of the gofundme service) or perhaps a listserv member serving as the collection point for contributions. I imagine there any of a number
of listserv members who could be trusted to provide that service and would not ask for any fee for that service.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Carl<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 2/15/2024 8:57 AM, John L. Welch via E-trademarks wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Maybe a request for
<i>en banc</i> reconsideration would be worth pursuing?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">JLW</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">From:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> Erikson, Daan
<a href="mailto:Daan.Erikson@huschblackwell.com"><Daan.Erikson@huschblackwell.com></a>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 15, 2024 9:25 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> For trademark practitioners. This is not for laypersons to seek legal advice.
<a href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com"><e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com></a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Welch, John L. <a href="mailto:John.Welch@WolfGreenfield.com"><John.Welch@WolfGreenfield.com></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: CAFC handed down its opinion in In re Chestek today.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">I have read this decision and am curious what others think of the reasoning. I find the last part of the decision (page 13) particularly perplexing. Isn\u2019t it circular to say that an agency
doesn\u2019t have to prepare for every eventuality, especially when there is nothing in the record about privacy concerns, when there wasn\u2019t a reason for people to be concerned about privacy during the notice and comment period? And anyway how is this change not
a substantive rule that affects individual rights and obligations when it affects individuals\u2019 privacy rights?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">From:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> E-trademarks <<a href="mailto:e-trademarks-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com">e-trademarks-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>John L. Welch via E-trademarks<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 13, 2024 11:34 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> For trademark practitioners. This is not for laypersons to seek legal advice. <<a href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com">e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> John L. Welch <<a href="mailto:John.Welch@WolfGreenfield.com">John.Welch@WolfGreenfield.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [E-trademarks] CAFC handed down its opinion in In re Chestek today.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The \u201cwhere do you sleep at night\u201d case.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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