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<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, April 10, 2024 08:06 AM<br>
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<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc:</span></b> Crane, Susan <susan.crane@wyndham.com><br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> [EXT] Re: [E-trademarks] Letter of Protest: anonymous?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><font size="3" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">True, but is it possible you can file a FOIA request to get the original letter?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Susan L. Crane<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:.75pt"><font size="1" color="white" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size:1.0pt;color:white">The Letter of Protest does not get sent to the applicant, nor is it part of the TSDR record. However, if approved, a memorandum
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The Letter of Protest does not get sent to the applicant, nor is it part of the TSDR record. However, if approved, a memorandum from the Office of the Deputy Commissioner to the
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">If you are interested, contact me off list, and I can point you to a case or two where I had LoPs accepted.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">On Wed, Apr 10, 2024 at 3:05</span></font><font face="Arial"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></font>AM Judith S via E-trademarks <<a href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com">e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com</a>>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">I have a small client who is contemplating filing a Letter of Protest against a larger competitor who filed a trademark for a term they consider generic or descriptive of the technology
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">They are concerned that if they are identified as the "Protestor" there might be retaliation.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><font size="3" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The "Name of Protestor" field instruction says "Enter the full legal name of the entity objecting to the registration of a mark in a pending application,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Could we use the name of the in-house attorney who is initiating the objection or some other name?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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