<div dir="ltr">Hi Erica,<div><br></div><div>If the state law permits managers to appoint officers in the LLC, then the client may sign as a President of the LLC.</div><div><br></div><div>For example, see this article citing Illinois' Limited Liability Company Act:</div><div><a href="https://linnemeyerlaw.com/2018/05/23/can-an-llc-appoint-officers/">https://linnemeyerlaw.com/2018/05/23/can-an-llc-appoint-officers/</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>If the applicable state law doesn't permit managers to appoint officers in the LLC, then the member needs to become its manager or appoint an individual to be the manager.</div><div><br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">David Michaels</span><br style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">416-239-1361</span></div><div dir="ltr"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" href="http://ca.linkedin.com/in/davidtmichaels/" style="color:rgb(25,106,212);font-size:x-small;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:none" target="_blank">http://ca.linkedin.com/in/davidtmichaels/</a><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, May 27, 2024 at 6:08 PM Erica Bristol, Mediator via E-trademarks <<a href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com">e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-1701647897401347295">
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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
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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?<u></u><u></u></p>
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