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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#002060">I’m familiar with the companion application practice. In this case, the only similarity of the other applications I identified was the applicant: an individual (not a company) from
China. The marks were very dissimilar, and the goods even more dissimilar. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#002060">Moreover, of the 11 pending applications filed by this individual, there appear to be several others filed within a day or two, or perhaps within 1-2 weeks, of the one I first wrote
about which, according to TSDR, are simply waiting their turn to be assigned to an examiner.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#002060">Something seems terribly amiss.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Calibri"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri"><font color="#4d4d4d"><font face="Calibri"><strong>Leesa N. 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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Todd Owers via E-trademarks<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 9, 2024 4:52 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com' <e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Todd Owers <owers@carverdarden.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"><span style="color:#0A2F41">As Susan noted, office policy is to assign “companion applications” from the same applicant to one examining attorney for efficiency. TMEP §702.03(a)(i) addresses this practice as follows (emphasis added):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#0A2F41">If an applicant has multiple pending applications, the issues in the applications are likely to be similar. When assigned a new application, an examining attorney will be assigned the companion applications filed within three months
of the filing date of the first assigned application. If an applicant files more than ten applications within a three</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria Math",serif;color:#0A2F41">‑</span><span style="color:#0A2F41">month period, only the first ten will
be assigned to one examining attorney. <u>Examining attorneys are encouraged to assign all unassigned companion applications for the same or similar marks to themselves, even if the applications were filed outside the three-month period</u>. However, any
companion applications may only be self-assigned by the examining attorney at the time of initial examination of the new application.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:#0A2F41">The assignment of companion applications is done electronically, based upon the owner’s name as set forth in the application. Therefore, the owner’s name should be set forth consistently in all applications.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#0A2F41;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Todd Owers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#0A2F41;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Carver, Darden, Koretzky, Tessier, Finn, Blossman & Areaux, LLC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#0A2F41;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">1100 Poydras Street, Suite 3100<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#0A2F41;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">New Orleans, Louisiana 70163<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#0A2F41;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">(504) 585-3811<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#0A2F41;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><a href="mailto:owers@carverdarden.com">owers@carverdarden.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> E-trademarks <<a href="mailto:e-trademarks-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com">e-trademarks-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Crane, Susan via E-trademarks<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 9, 2024 11:52 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> For trademark practitioners. This is not for laypersons to seek legal advice. <<a href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com">e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Crane, Susan <<a href="mailto:susan.crane@wyndham.com">susan.crane@wyndham.com</a>><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="margin-bottom:12.0pt">The office policy is to assign all (of at least some) applications from the same applicant to one examining attorney for efficiency. So this happens sometimes. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Susan L. Crane<br>
Group Vice President, Legal<br>
Intellectual Property, Brands & Marketing<br>
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Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc.<br>
22 Sylvan Way<br>
Parsippany, NJ 07054<br>
O (973) 753-6455<br>
M (973) 879-3420<br>
<a href="mailto:Susan.Crane@wyndham.Com">Susan.Crane@wyndham.Com</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">On May 9, 2024, at 12:07 PM, 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-line-height-alt:.75pt"><span style="font-size:1.0pt;color:white">Susan, You hit on something! This is an individual applicant, a Chinese citizen. They (he/she?) have 11 pending applications, some filed in 2023 and taking the
normal course of action. (Note: all of the marks are for goods all over the place;
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#002060">You hit on something! This is an individual applicant, a Chinese citizen. They (he/she?) have 11 pending applications, some filed in 2023 and taking the normal course of action. (Note:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#002060">But, I did note one of the applications was filed right around the time of the one I’m complaining of, was assigned to the same examiner, and also has been published for opposition.
The goods in this application are very far afield from the ones in the application I’m concerned about. (Filed March 8, 2024 and published April 30, 2024)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#002060">I’d like to know how these two applications jumped the line and landed with the same examiner?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:#002060">I wish we could get paid for this type of aggravation!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Crane, Susan via E-trademarks<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 9, 2024 11:51 AM<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Does the applicant have other marks that were filed 9 months ago – they may have gotten incredibly lucky in a same owner sweep.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Tim Ackermann via E-trademarks<br>
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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
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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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