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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Tim Ackermann via E-trademarks<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 9, 2024 11:10 AM<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> Tim Ackermann <tim@ackermannlaw.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [E-trademarks] Trademark Examination Vent: How does this even happen?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:.75pt"><span style="font-size:1.0pt;color:white">Wow - 20 days to Approved! On Thu, May 9, 2024, 10: 07 Leesa N. Weiss via E-trademarks <e-trademarks@ oppedahl-lists. com> wrote: This morning, one of the watch
services with which one of my client’s trademarks is listed sent me a notice <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, May 9, 2024, 10:07 Leesa N. Weiss via E-trademarks <<a href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com">e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#002060">This morning, one of the watch services with which one of my client’s trademarks is listed sent me a notice of a U.S. application
published for opposition at the end of April. It’s a use-based application filed under Section 1(a) utilizing TEASPlus; the 23 goods identified within the single class do not fit neatly into one category. The specimen is definitely suspect: a print out from
a questionable online website from which one of the products allegedly was purchased and depicts what appears to be a photograph of a product on which the subject trademark appears to be photoshopped
<i>and misspelled</i>!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#002060">The TSDR file history is as follows (note the dates!):</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#002060">As of this morning, the status dates for new applications being reached for examination reads:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#002060">Apart from having to file an opposition to which the applicant likely will not answer, is there an office or individual to
whom one can complain at the PTO regarding these issues? My client’s mark and the published mark, both in the same class and identify a number of the same goods, differ by a single letter.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#002060">Vent over and, if you’ve read this far, thank you.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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