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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="word-wrap:break-word"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Could this decision give grounds to further challenge the PTO’s compliance with rule-making requirements, including those concerning “where you sleep at night”?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Thanks,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Mark</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Mark S. 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Welch via E-trademarks<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, June 14, 2024 7:03 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> John L. Welch <John.Welch@WolfGreenfield.com><br><b>Subject:</b> [E-trademarks] Is this a Big Deal or not?</p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">A question for the administrative law experts on the list.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Is this a big deal?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The Fourth Circuit on Thursday revived Bacardi's lawsuit challenging the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's decision to renew an expired trademark registration for Havana Club rum, finding such registration renewals can be reviewed by the courts.”</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">From the opinion: “We conclude that the Lanham Act does not foreclose an APA action for judicial review of the PTO’s compliance with statutes and regulations governing trademark registration renewal. 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