<div dir="ltr">Sending out a day's notice for a discussion for trademark practitioners. It's as if they don't really want attendees...<div><br></div><div>Practical tip #1: don't provide client contact information.</div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Michael Brown<br>Michael J Brown Law Office<div>354 Eisenhower Parkway</div><div>Plaza I, 2nd Floor, Suite 2025<div>Livingston, NJ 07039<br><div><a href="mailto:michaeljbrownlaw@gmail.com" target="_blank">michaeljbrownlaw@gmail.com</a></div><div><a href="mailto:michael@mjbrownlaw.com" target="_blank">michael@mjbrownlaw.com</a></div><div><a href="http://www.mjbrownlaw.com" target="_blank">www.mjbrownlaw.com</a> <br>+1 973-577-6300 fax +1 973-577-6301<br></div><div>Google Voice +1 973-637-0358</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">U.S. Patent and Trademark Office</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:subscriptioncenter@subscriptions.uspto.gov">subscriptioncenter@subscriptions.uspto.gov</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, Mar 18, 2024 at 10:00 AM<br>Subject: Trademark practitioners: Find out how to avoid trademark scams <br>To: <<a href="mailto:michaeljbrownlaw@gmail.com">michaeljbrownlaw@gmail.com</a>><br></div><br><br><div class="msg1238737094697167920"><u></u>
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