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Admittedly, it has been a while since I've looked for occurrences of the € (the Euro character, the standard character with decimal value 128), in part because the two searches</div>
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WD:( *€* ) AND LD:true</div>
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( WD:/.*\€.*/ ) AND LD:true</div>
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<div class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">both only retrieve a single trademark record, namely
</span><span style="font-family: PublicSans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(33, 37, 41); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">98057893</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> with
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><b>€</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><b>MPRESS</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> with
the word mark entry. Both TM Search and TSDR show </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><b>€</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><b>MPRESS</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> as
the word mark entry, though TSDR indicates that <i>No Image exists for this case</i> (which is a little weird).</span></div>
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<div class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Today, I retrieved from my archives a list of trademarks with the
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">€</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> character in
the word mark. Several of those trademarks are now dead, but reviewing the live trademarks, things got W€Î®D™ (</span><span style="font-family: PublicSans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(33, 37, 41); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">88618843</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">,
though WEIRD is the current word mark entry). </span></div>
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<div class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">For example, TM Search shows
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><b>ANYTHING THAT PRODUCES (C)</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><b>€</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><b>URRENCY</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> as
the word mark entry for 88904222 (a standard character mark), but toggle to TSDR and
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><b>ANYTHING THAT PRODUCES (C)</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">€</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><b>URRENCY</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> is
the word mark entry, where the expected occurrence of the </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b>€</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> instead
has a </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, EmojiFont, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", NotoColorEmoji, "Segoe UI Symbol", "Android Emoji", EmojiSymbols; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">⮗</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> (box
symbol) displayed. Huh? (I hope that symbol doesn't get corrupted via email.)</span></div>
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<div class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Then there's 90458807 with
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><b>BAN</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><b>€</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><b>K$</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> as
the word mark on TM Search, but toggle to TSDR and see </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><b>BAN</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">€</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><b>K$</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> as
the word mark (that </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, EmojiFont, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", NotoColorEmoji, "Segoe UI Symbol", "Android Emoji", EmojiSymbols; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">⮗</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> box
phenomenon again)</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">, plus that box symbol appears in the design code description
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><b>24.17.05 - Pound sterling symbol (£); Yen (¥) and Euro (</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"><b>€</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><b>)</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">. </span></div>
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<div class="elementToProof"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Exporting my TM Search records, only
</span><span style="font-family: PublicSans, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(33, 37, 41); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">98057893</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> with
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><b>€</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);"><b>MPRESS</b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> with
the word mark entry</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> included the
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">€</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> character
in the word mark</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">. The
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, EmojiFont, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", NotoColorEmoji, "Segoe UI Symbol", "Android Emoji", EmojiSymbols; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">⮗</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> box
phenomenon did not occur. No character appeared in the exported Excel file where the
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, EmojiFont, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", NotoColorEmoji, "Segoe UI Symbol", "Android Emoji", EmojiSymbols; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">⮗</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> box
appeared.</span></div>
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I've seen this unexpected behavior with both Edge and Chrome as my browser.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Happ</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">¥</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> Trad</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">€</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">ma</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">®</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">king,</span></div>
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