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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 4, 2024 4:00 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> Richard Morris <richard@4trademark.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [E-trademarks] FW: USPTO: Invitation to Trademark Center Closed Beta for Initial Applications<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I tried the form. Very different. Better for the layperson. But I like the current form better.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">"Thomas, Charles" <<a href="mailto:Charles.Thomas1@USPTO.GOV">Charles.Thomas1@USPTO.GOV</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, April 4, 2024 at 11:36 AM<br>
<b>Cc: </b>"Schwab, Matthew" <<a href="mailto:Matthew.Schwab@USPTO.GOV">Matthew.Schwab@USPTO.GOV</a>>, "Postell, Courtney" <<a href="mailto:Courtney.Postell@USPTO.GOV">Courtney.Postell@USPTO.GOV</a>><br>
<b>Subject: </b>USPTO: Invitation to Trademark Center Closed Beta for Initial Applications<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hi Trademark customers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thank you for volunteering to provide feedback and assist us with improving your trademark filing experience.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">We're working on a new filing system, and we’d like to
<b>invite you to use the closed beta version of Trademark Center to file an initial application:
</b><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/trademarkcenter.uspto.gov/__;!!Nf401RNTQFE14GfWW3o!k0DvlTtu2XY0GoBcLk2LkQodKO6k_-ADxFEIEmwLe5KSOKVzZVihgMa_zATseeeQM0QNBefCniCRdxFdGIFJSdSLZi0xuAI$">https://trademarkcenter.uspto.gov/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">What is a ‘closed beta’?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">This is a live system for real trademark applications. However, it is not the full or final version, and we need your feedback to help us continue to improve it while we continue to add all initial application
functionality. You’re welcome to create a draft application without actually filing if you just want to check it out.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">We’ve provided your USPTO.gov account associated with this email address with access to the closed beta.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Note</span></u></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">: The Trademark Center closed beta currently only accepts applications to register a trademark under only one basis. There are additional eligibility
requirements, which you can find in the attachment as well as within Trademark Center when you start a new application.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">We need your feedback</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">, so please let us know what you think using the blue Feedback button that will be available within the initial application on the right side
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Technical assistance<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Charlie<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#164468">Charles D. Thomas</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><br>
Customer Experience Administrator for Trademarks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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