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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>With all due respect to my counterpart professionals, is this really a First Amendment concern or is it really about trademark practitioners biting at the bit to be able to file whatever marks for whatever product or service regardless of the legal, moral or other issues regarding that product or service? The reality is that there is a lot of $$$$ on the line: I can only imagine the thousand and thousands of trademark applications that would be filed if the door were open for marijuana and illicit drugs, not to mention other products and services. How about THE LAUNDRY for laundering money? TAKE’M OUT for a hitman business? Yes, I am being facetious; but, how far are we from this? Is not the driving force behind this question really a matter of money as opposed to freedom of speech? <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ed Welch<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>IP&L Solutions <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> E-trademarks <e-trademarks-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Chelsie Spencer via E-trademarks<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 30, 2024 9:03 PM<br><b>To:</b> Edward Timberlake <ed@timberlakelaw.com><br><b>Cc:</b> Chelsie Spencer <cspencer@ritterspencercheng.com>; For trademark practitioners. This is not for laypersons to seek legal advice. <e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [E-trademarks] FW: NEWS ALERT: US drug control agency will move to reclassify marijuana in historic shift<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I don’t think the First Amendment would be implicated in a direct challenge. It’s an ultra vires rule without any textual support from the Lanham Act. No need to base it on 1A. <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>-Chelsie Spencer<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from my iPhone<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>On Apr 30, 2024, at 7:48 PM, Edward Timberlake <<a href="mailto:ed@timberlakelaw.com">ed@timberlakelaw.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif'>If somebody can come up with a First Amendment angle to the Lawful Use Rule perhaps a court will hear it.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=gmaildefault><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif'>Ins</span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif'>incerely,</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif'>Ed Timberlake </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif'><a href="https://www.nclawspecialists.gov/for-the-public/find-a-board-certified-specialist/results/detail/?id=29473" target="_blank">Board Certified Specialist in Trademark Law</a></span></i><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif'><a href="http://timberlakelaw.com/" target="_blank"><b>Timberlake Law</b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif'>Chapel Hill, NC<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif'><a href="https://clarity.fm/edtimberlake" target="_blank">Schedule a call on Clarity</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif'><a href="mailto:ed@timberlakelaw.com" target="_blank">ed@timberlakelaw.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif'>919.960.1950<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=96 height=96 style='width:1.0in;height:1.0in' id="_x0000_i1037" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4zUm0zjuSoSf91b85RXakFjrbAqMcNkJek2_S8VO9eHNz9mDAX5u3RBN0aEhVODltVLqRN-NYsDzt7A"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Tue, Apr 30, 2024 at 2:38 PM 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></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'>To add to this, the better questions the trademark community needs to ask itself is why we continue to permit the Lawful Use Rule, which was created by the agency absent a statutory basis and which has never been directly challenged in court, to stand.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id="m_-4406840839371008276Signature"><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Chelsie Spencer | Managing Attorney</span><o:p></o:p></p><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><div><p class=MsoNormal><Outlook-zp1f4vpu.png><o:p></o:p></p></div><p> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="98%" align=center></div><div id="m_-4406840839371008276divRplyFwdMsg"><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='color:black'> Chelsie Spencer <<a href="mailto:cspencer@ritterspencercheng.com" target="_blank">cspencer@ritterspencercheng.com</a>><br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 30, 2024 1:36 PM<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>>; <a href="mailto:heidi8@gmail.com" target="_blank">heidi8@gmail.com</a> <<a href="mailto:heidi8@gmail.com" target="_blank">heidi8@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [E-trademarks] FW: NEWS ALERT: US drug control agency will move to reclassify marijuana in historic shift</span> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'>No. Reclassifying into Schedule III qualifies cannabis for use in approved pharmaceutical formulations. The USPTO will pivot to issuing the FDCA refusals that hemp companies now receive. Certain psychedelics should be the only substances still receiving CSA Schedule I refusals (for now).<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'>I just wrote an article on this last week in the World Trademark Review.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id="m_-4406840839371008276x_Signature"><p><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Chelsie Spencer | Managing Attorney</span><o:p></o:p></p><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><div><p class=MsoNormal><Outlook-vsaun4nz.png><o:p></o:p></p></div><p> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="98%" align=center></div><div id="m_-4406840839371008276x_divRplyFwdMsg"><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='color:black'> E-trademarks <<a href="mailto:e-trademarks-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank">e-trademarks-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com</a>> on behalf of Heidi Tandy via E-trademarks <<a href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank">e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com</a>><br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, April 30, 2024 1:28 PM<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> Heidi Tandy <<a href="mailto:heidi8@gmail.com" target="_blank">heidi8@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [E-trademarks] FW: NEWS ALERT: US drug control agency will move to reclassify marijuana in historic shift</span> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I’m trying to start a discussion of this on Twitter. I do hope so!<br clear=all><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 3.0pt;margin-left:0in;margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=750 style='width:562.5pt'><tr><td width=750 style='width:562.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'></td></tr></table></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#757575'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif'>The information contained in this e-mail is confidential information intended for the use of the individual named herein, and may be covered by Attorney-Client privilege. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. 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