<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Who wantss the initial benefits, obligations, burdens, and risks; who has what insurance policies,<div>what written agreements might there be; etc.</div><div><br></div><div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div>
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<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On May 27, 2024, at 6:06 PM, Erica Bristol, Mediator via E-trademarks <e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><meta charset="UTF-8"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">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.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;">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></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Erica Bristol, Esq., Mediator</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span id="cid:image001.jpg@01DAB046.3CA3AD90"><image001.jpg></span><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">16133 Ventura Boulevard</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">7th Floor</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Encino, California 91436</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Phone </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="tel:+18187532326"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: blue;">(818) 753-2326</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Fax </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="tel:+18187532310"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: blue;">(818) 753-2310</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Cell </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="tel:+18187443407"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: blue;">(818) 744-3407</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="mailto:ericab@ebmediate.com"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: blue;">ericab@ebmediate.com</span></a><br><a href="http://www.ebmediate.com/"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: blue;">www.ebmediate.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">This e-mail message, together with any attachments, is for the viewing and use only of the individual or entity to which it is intended to be addressed. 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