<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)">
<!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
</style><![endif]--><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:DengXian;
panose-1:2 1 6 0 3 1 1 1 1 1;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Aptos;
panose-1:2 11 0 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:"\@DengXian";
panose-1:2 1 6 0 3 1 1 1 1 1;}
@font-face
{font-family:remialcxesans;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:zone-1;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:zones-AQ;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:template-dr1kUunPEem16QANOhMLNA;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#467886;
text-decoration:underline;}
span.EmailStyle20
{mso-style-type:personal-reply;
font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;
color:windowtext;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-size:11.0pt;
mso-ligatures:none;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang="EN-US" link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style="word-wrap:break-word">
<div class="WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Kevin,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The only potential issue I see is if you had an associate who wasn’t listed on the application call the examining attorney, they might run into a roadblock if the firm names don’t match. Since you are merely dropping one of the names from
the firm, I imagine examining attorneys would understand and not cause an issue. But some might…<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">All the best,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">John<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<div id="mail-editor-reference-message-container">
<div>
<div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">E-trademarks <e-trademarks-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com> on behalf of Kevin Grierson via E-trademarks <e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, April 11, 2024 at 10:57</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">AM<br>
<b>To: </b>for trademark practitioners <e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com><br>
<b>Cc: </b>Kevin Grierson <kgrierson@cm.law><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[E-trademarks] Changing name of attorney's firm (not changing firm, just name): any obligation to update PTO records<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Hi all, </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">As you can see from the sig block below, our firm is dropping the name of one of our retiring members. Everyone’s physical addresses and phone numbers will stay the same other than the firm name, and the
old email addresses (which haven’t changed yet) will continue to work. If communications from the PTO and clients will still get where they need to go, is there an obligation to update the attorney information via a CAR or otherwise?
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">kwg</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<div>
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="padding:7.5pt 0in 0in 0in">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding:3.75pt 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0F172E"><a href="https://www.culhanemeadows.com/attorney/kevin-grierson/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0F172E;text-decoration:none">Kevin Grierson</span></a></span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 2.25pt 0in">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:gray">Partner</span><span style="font-size:1.0pt;font-family:remialcxesans;color:white"></span><span style="font-size:1.0pt;font-family:template-dr1kUunPEem16QANOhMLNA;color:white"></span><span style="font-size:1.0pt;font-family:zone-1;color:white"></span><span style="font-size:1.0pt;font-family:zones-AQ;color:white"></span><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="padding:0in 7.5pt 0in 0in">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://culhane.law/" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:1.0pt;color:blue"><img border="0" width="175" height="45" style="width:1.8229in;height:.4687in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01DA8BFE.D32E6C80" alt="CULHANE MEADOWS PLLC"></span></span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
<td style="padding:7.5pt 0in 7.5pt 7.5pt">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding:3.75pt 0in 0in 0in">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"></td>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:1.0pt;color:gray"><img border="0" width="16" height="16" style="width:.1666in;height:.1666in" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.png@01DA8BFE.D32E6C80" alt="Mobile:"></span><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:gray"> <a href="tel:757-726-7799" target="_blank"><span style="color:gray;text-decoration:none">757-726-7799</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:1.0pt;color:gray"><img border="0" width="16" height="16" style="width:.1666in;height:.1666in" id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image003.png@01DA8BFE.D32E6C80" alt="Fax:"></span><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:gray"> <a href="" target="_blank"><span style="color:gray;text-decoration:none">866-521-5663</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:1.0pt;color:gray"><img border="0" width="16" height="16" style="width:.1666in;height:.1666in" id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image004.png@01DA8BFE.D32E6C80" alt="Email:"></span><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:gray"> <a href="mailto:kgrierson@cm.law" target="_blank"><span style="color:gray;text-decoration:none">kgrierson@cm.law</span></a> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 3.75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:1.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:gray"><a href="https://www.culhane.law/offices/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0F172E;text-decoration:none">Atlanta | Austin | Boston | Chicago | Dallas | Delaware | Houston | Minneapolis | New Jersey | New York | Philadelphia | Washington, DC</span></a></span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding:2.25pt 0in 0in 0in">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:7.0pt"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:silver">This message is for the personal and confidential use of the intended recipient(s) and may be subject to attorney-client privilege.
If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately. Please note that general marketing updates/legal news alerts provided by Culhane PLLC or its attorneys are for informational purposes only and should not be relied on as
legal advice for any specific situation. Laws can change rapidly and, therefore, you should always consult with your Culhane attorney to ensure you have the most accurate and current counsel pertaining to your situation. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>