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<p class="MsoNormal">My personal pet peeve, though it\u2019s easy enough once learned: why in the world would you change the Live/Dead indicator from LIVE /DEAD to TRUE/FALSE (and keep the tag name LD)?
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Jeremy Green Eche via E-trademarks<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 3, 2024 12:26 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> Jeremy Green Eche <jeremy@jpglegal.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">I do find the new search syntax cumbersome and I hope they improve it. I don't mind that they unveiled the software before asking for a lot of feedback. One generally accepted concept in software these days -- which has also been true for
me anecdotally -- is that if you ask users what they want from a type of product before you release it, they will give you wrong answers, so it's not worth it to spend a ton of time surveying users before unveiling a new software product. You're much more
likely to learn what users really want after you've released the product and they've started using it and discovering their pain points. Even releasing a beta while keeping the old search engine intact is only going to get a few early adopters giving you feedback,
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<p class="MsoNormal">I understand that releasing the new search engine with bugs creates real issues for trademark owners and attorneys, but there wasn't anything so bad about the software that it "broke" trademark law for people in a fundamental way. Especially
when most of us use specialized search software to research our legal opinions.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Jeremy Peter Green Eche<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Wed, Apr 3, 2024 at 11:55<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">\u202f</span>AM Chelsie Spencer 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"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">I am thankful that the agency is getting some well-deserved scrutiny outside of the listserv. I also gave her your name, Ken, and told her you were probably the leading expert on USPTO searches
in the entire world. Still waiting on that class offering from you (albeit on the new TESS)!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Ritter Spencer Cheng PLLC</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">15455 Dallas Parkway, Suite 600</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Addison, Texas 75001</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Office: 214-295-5070</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Direct: 214-295-5074</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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on behalf of Ken Boone via E-trademarks <<a href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank">e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 3, 2024 10:34 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" target="_blank">e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Ken Boone <<a href="mailto:boondogles@hotmail.com" target="_blank">boondogles@hotmail.com</a>><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"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C64C0">FTR, I received the email below on March 18th. I figured others in this E-Trademarks discussion group received similar requests for comments. I responded with several emails over
the next few days. Based on the reply questions that I received from Louise Newstead, I concluded that she was neither an experienced trademark searcher nor familiar with searching either TESS or Trademark Search. (Tim Lince requested comments from me in
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Hi Ken,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">I hope you don\u2019t mind me reaching out.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">I\u2019m a reporter at <i>World Trademark Review
</i>and<i> </i></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#242424">I\u2019m writing an article this week on the USPTO\u2019s new trademark search tool (the replacement for TESS), and on some of the feedback that has arisen since its launch a few months
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#242424">My colleague, Tim Lince, mentioned that you might be a good person to reach out to.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#242424">I was wondering whether you have any thoughts on how the new search engine compares to TESS? In particular, on any specific features/functions that you think have improved or worsened the search engine
experience? And on whether you think the new system marks an improvement overall?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#242424">Any comments you could share by this time tomorrow would be great! We would then attribute these to you in the article. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#242424">Kind regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#242424">Louise</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424">Louise Newstead</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D4578">REPORTER,
<i>WTR</i></span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:Louise.Newstead@lbresearch.com" target="_blank">Louise.Newstead@lbresearch.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#242424"><a href="http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/" target="_blank">www.worldtrademarkreview.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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on behalf of Alex Butterman via E-trademarks <<a href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank">e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 3, 2024 5:59 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" target="_blank">e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Alex Butterman <<a href="mailto:abutterman@dbllawyers.com" target="_blank">abutterman@dbllawyers.com</a>><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"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Agreed. I have seen several articles from this publication over the years refer specifically to issues we discuss and complain about on this List. In fact, I recall this publication reporting several times
on the "where you sleep at night" address issue and the publication repeated that exact language, making it even more well-known.<br>
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You are welcome, everyone.<br>
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From: E-trademarks <<a href="mailto:e-trademarks-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank">e-trademarks-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com</a>> On Behalf Of Neil R. Ormos via E-trademarks<br>
Sent: Tuesday, April 2, 2024 10:47 AM<br>
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Cc: Neil R. Ormos <<a href="mailto:ormos-lists@ormos.org" target="_blank">ormos-lists@ormos.org</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [E-trademarks] [EXT] Re: Not everyone is unhappy with the new TESS<br>
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Attachment: Article: "USPTO to iteratively develop new trademark search system.pdf"<br>
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Alex Butterman via E-trademarks wrote:<br>
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> Did everyone see the attached article? I tried to send this to the<br>
> list last week but it apparently never got posted. It is from WTR and<br>
> the original may have been paywalled, but my office made this pdf copy<br>
> for internal purposes and I'd like to think this is just fair use<br>
> between colleagues helping each other out.<br>
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Thank you.<br>
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> It is a PTO response to our criticism of the new search software and I<br>
> don't know why the PTO would or should respond only through trade<br>
> press that puts this behind a paywall.<br>
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Of the people quoted in the article, six are not PTO officials. At least four of those six are participants in Carl's e-mail lists. I doubt that's mere coincidence.<br>
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Not only do Carl's e-mail lists serve practitioners directly, they also (it seems) serve journalists by aggregating the zeitgeist of the practitioner community and aid in identifying people who might be interviewed and quoted.<br>
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Thanks, Carl, for providing these e-mail lists.<br>
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