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<p class="MsoNormal">Client has a manager-managed LLC (“LLC1”). LLC1 wants to file a trademark registration application. The client, an individual, is the sole member of LLC1, and LLC1 is managed by a separate LLC manager (“LLC2”). The client appointed himself
President of LLC1 via a written consent. The client also is the sole member of LLC2.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Who should sign the USPTO application: the client as President of LLC1, or client on behalf of LLC2, the Manager of LLC1?<o:p></o:p></p>
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