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 apparently without any effort to get feedback during the design process. Feedback after launch is better than nothing, but certainly worse than feedback while the design is being created.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Goudy Old Style",serif;color:#1F497D">And I wonder how much annoyance could have been avoided initially regarding the new syntax for searching if the PTO had explained why the search syntax had to change well before
 the system was launched, instead of in response to complaints. “We know it’s going to be different, but we could no longer use a proprietary syntax and were forced to use an open-source syntax.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Alex Butterman via E-trademarks<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 1, 2024 5:31 PM<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> Alex Butterman <abutterman@dbllawyers.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [E-trademarks] [EXT] Re: Not everyone is unhappy with the new TESS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_Hlk494874294"></a><a name="_Hlk494874176"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk494874294"><i><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#156082">If attachment size was the problem in getting this posted,…<o:p></o:p></span></u></i></span></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk494874176"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk494874294"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#156082">Did everyone see the attached article? I tried to send this to the list last week
 but it apparently never got posted. It is from WTR and the original may have been paywalled, but my office made this pdf copy for internal purposes and I’d like to think this is just fair use between colleagues helping each other out.
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 why the PTO would or should respond only through trade press that puts this behind a paywall.   <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> E-trademarks <<a href="mailto:e-trademarks-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com">e-trademarks-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Emil Ali via E-trademarks<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 1, 2024 09:42 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> Emil Ali <<a href="mailto:emil@mccabeali.com">emil@mccabeali.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [EXT] Re: [E-trademarks] Not everyone is unhappy with the new TESS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Date: </b>Monday, April 1, 2024 at 9:41</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">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>Jaclyn Ionin <<a href="mailto:jaclyn@ioninlaw.com">jaclyn@ioninlaw.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [E-trademarks] Not everyone is unhappy with the new TESS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Sat, Mar 30, 2024 at 5:30<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span>PM Pamela Chestek via E-trademarks <<a href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com">e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> From a non-lawyer, a software developer, so TIFWIW:<br>
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"I have used the USPTO's TESS (some time ago, and now it seems to <br>
thankfully have been replaced by an easier modern search engine now that <br>
I re-checked it recently) ..."<br>
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Pam<br>
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Pamela S. Chestek<br>
Chestek Legal<br>
300 Fayetteville St.<br>
Unit 2492<br>
Raleigh, NC 27602<br>
+1 919-800-8033<br>
<a href="mailto:pamela@chesteklegal.com" target="_blank">pamela@chesteklegal.com</a><br>
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