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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> E-trademarks <e-trademarks-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>O'Connell Jr., Robert via E-trademarks<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 20, 2024 10:35 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [E-trademarks] USPTO Change of Representation Form<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%">Learned colleagues:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%">I’ve taken over a portfolio marks and we’re preparing a “Change Address or Representation Form” for the client’s e-signature. In this form, there is a question that I don’t recall seeing
before: “STATEMENT OF THE REASON FOR REPLACEMENT”.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%">Is this new? How is this the USPTO’s business, or anyone else’s? Would one enter “Nunna yer damn bizness”? Or how about “prior counsel was overpriced and incompetent”? (Just joking – not
the case here. But still.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%">What have people been entering in this field?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:120%">Am I being unreasonable, or does this feel like another instance of the USPTO inserting itself into the attorney-client relationship where it does not belong?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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