<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)">
<!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
</style><![endif]--><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Palatino Linotype";
panose-1:2 4 5 2 5 5 5 3 3 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Aptos;}
@font-face
{font-family:"DellaRobbia BT";}
@font-face
{font-family:"Avenir Next";}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
span.EmailStyle21
{mso-style-type:personal-reply;
font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;
color:windowtext;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-size:10.0pt;
mso-ligatures:none;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="word-wrap:break-word">
<div class="WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I, too, was beta tester and practically screamed at them that, while they always say that they are trying to cater more to their customers, they were ignoring the fact that the majority of their customers
are attorneys and they had clearly designed the new interface for non-attorneys \u2013 it was extremely frustrating! I told them that I used it once and immediately gave up on it! Hopefully they will get the message.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Best, </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Miriam </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"DellaRobbia BT";color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"DellaRobbia BT";color:black">Miriam Richter, Attorney at Law, P.L.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"DellaRobbia BT";color:#4F81BD">Make Your Mark!</span></i><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#4F81BD"> ®</span></i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"DellaRobbia BT";color:black">Trademark, Copyright, and other Intellectual Property Matters</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"DellaRobbia BT";color:black"><br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"DellaRobbia BT";color:black">2312 Wilton Drive, Suite 9<br>
Wilton Manors, Florida 33305</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"DellaRobbia BT";color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"DellaRobbia BT";color:black">954-977-4711 office<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"DellaRobbia BT";color:black">954-240-8819 cell<br>
954-977-4717 facsimile</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Palatino Linotype",serif;color:black"><br>
</span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"DellaRobbia BT";color:#804000">NOTICE: This e-mail message and any attachment to this e-mail message contains
<u>confidential information</u> that may be <u>legally privileged</u>. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not review, retransmit, convert to hard copy, copy, use or disseminate this e-mail or any attachments to it. If you have received this e-mail
in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail or by telephone at 954-977-4711 and delete this message. Please note that if this e-mail message contains a forwarded message or is a reply to a prior message, some or all of the contents of this message
or any attachments may not have been produced by the sender.</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<div>
<div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> E-trademarks <e-trademarks-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Alex Butterman via E-trademarks<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 20, 2024 4:01 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> For trademark practitioners. This is not for laypersons to seek legal advice. <e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Alex Butterman <abutterman@dbllawyers.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [E-trademarks] [EXT] Re: Trademark Center is coming soon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0E2841">I volunteered to be a beta tester of it. As I recall, I was not very impressed with it as a practitioner because the new application form seemed targeted to non-attorneys
with too much explanatory material and pretty much only one section per screen. The biggest drawback that stopped me from using it was that there is no option to save the data one inputs and go back to it later or to have a paralegal draft the application
and share the draft with me. .<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0E2841"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Alex Butterman<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Partner<b>
</b></span><b><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next";color:#37428A"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next";color:#37428A">DUNLAP </span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next";color:#616A73">BENNETT </span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next";color:#37428A">& LUDWIG</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#156082;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.0pt"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">211 Church St., SE; Leesburg, VA 20175<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">T: 703-777-7319</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#156082;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"> \u2013
</span><span style="color:#156082;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><a href="https://www.dbllawyers.com/attorney/alex-butterman/"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">BIO</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.0pt"><span style="color:#156082"><img border="0" width="167" height="49" style="width:1.7416in;height:.5083in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01DAC32C.70D44DB0" alt="A blue and white logo
Description automatically generated"></span><span style="color:#156082"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#156082;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">This electronic message contains information from Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig PLLC and may be confidential or privileged. If you are
not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, or use of the contents is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify us and delete the message without copying or disclosing it.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0E2841"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0E2841"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<div>
<div style="border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in">
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> E-trademarks <<a href="mailto:e-trademarks-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com">e-trademarks-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Carl Oppedahl via E-trademarks<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 20, 2024 4:27 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> Carl Oppedahl <<a href="mailto:carl@oppedahl.com">carl@oppedahl.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [EXT] Re: [E-trademarks] Trademark Center is coming soon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p>Oh and by the way, maybe I missed it, but I do not recall having seen even a hint or suggestion of the Commissioner asking the membership of our listserv what, if anything, we think is broken in TEAS that needs to be fixed in this new TC, nor do I recall
having seen even a hint or suggestion of the Commissioner asking the membership of our listserv what new features, if any, we wished to see added in this new TC.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>See <a href="https://blog.oppedahl.com/commissioner-for-trademarks-responds-to-the-fifty-four-trademark-practitioners/">
https://blog.oppedahl.com/commissioner-for-trademarks-responds-to-the-fifty-four-trademark-practitioners/</a> in which Fifty-Four Trademark Practitioners wrote to Commissioner Gooder on August 7, 2021 asking for some improvements in TEAS, particularly in the
area of character-count limitations in various fields. In October of 2021, Commissioner Gooder promised that we would get all of our "asks" from that letter. When the beta version gets released, I am confident it will turn out that Commissioner Gooder will
have kept that promise.<o:p></o:p></p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">On 6/20/2024 1:43 AM, Carl Oppedahl via E-trademarks wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
<blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt">
<p>Here is what popped up just now as I tried to prepare a new US trademark application:<o:p></o:p></p>
<blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt">
<p>Trademark Center is coming soon<br>
We\u2019ve been working on Trademark Center, a new system designed to improve your filing experience. This summer, you\u2019ll be able to use the beta version of Trademark Center to apply to register your trademark. <br>
<br>
You\u2019ll have the option to apply to register your trademark in either Trademark Center or the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) for six months. The cost to file remains the same in both systems.
<o:p></o:p></p>
</blockquote>
<p>Given the disasters of Patent Center and Assignment Center, I feel that I can predict with very high confidence that this new "Trademark Center" will likewise be a disaster.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></p>
</blockquote>
</div>
</body>
</html>