<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><blockquote type="cite"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">are there FDA implications.</span></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div>If a dispute arises (FDA, Tm, else) expect to have to explain more, with admissible evidence how the device<div>has been marketed <span style="font-size: 13px;">by your client and others.</span></div><div><font size="2">USA tm use must be lawful, so examiner query is possible.</font></div><div><font size="2">etc.</font></div><div><br></div><div><div>
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<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Mar 29, 2024, at 3:25 PM, Janice Housey via E-trademarks <e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com> wrote:</div><div><meta charset="UTF-8"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">I am curious if others have researched this issue.</span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">If a party files a trademark application for words that describe it as a “medical device for…..”, are there FDA implications? That is, does the fact that you called it a medical device in the PTO preclude party from taking the position vis-à-vis the FDA that it is NOT a medical device. (My understanding for this device is that it could be a medical device or it could also be used for other purposes that would not classify it- at least as to the FDA- as a medical device.)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; background: white;"><b><i><span lang="DE" style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Garamond, serif; color: rgb(176, 37, 37); background: white;">Janice Housey</span></i></b><span lang="DE" style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(176, 37, 37); background: white;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; background: white;"><span lang="DE" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Sylfaen, serif; color: rgb(176, 37, 37); background: white;">Litmus Law PLLC<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; background: white;"><span lang="DE" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Sylfaen, serif; color: rgb(176, 37, 37); background: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; background: white;"><b><u><span lang="DE" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Sylfaen, serif; color: rgb(176, 37, 37); background: white;">NEW MAILING ADDRESS!</span></u></b><span lang="DE" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Sylfaen, serif; color: rgb(176, 37, 37); background: white;"><br>4 Weems Lane #240<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; background: white;"><span lang="DE" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Sylfaen, serif; color: rgb(176, 37, 37); background: white;">Winchester, Virginia 22601</span><span lang="DE" style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(176, 37, 37); background: white;"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; background: white;"><span lang="DE" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Sylfaen, serif; color: rgb(176, 37, 37); background: white;">703.957.5274 office<br>703.851.6737 cell</span></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></body></html>