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<p class="MsoPlainText">I am personally acquainted with a certain TTAB Judge who posted on her social media that she could not log onto her PTO computer on Friday but was able to do so last night.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.0pt"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">211 Church St., SE; Leesburg, VA 20175<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">-----Original Message-----<br>
From: E-trademarks <e-trademarks-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com> On Behalf Of Carl Oppedahl via E-trademarks<br>
Sent: Monday, July 22, 2024 12:07 PM<br>
To: for trademark practitioners <e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com>; patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com<br>
Cc: Carl Oppedahl <carl@oppedahl.com><br>
Subject: [EXT] [E-trademarks] trademark examining attorneys and Crowdstrike</p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">A listserv member asks to post anonymously:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">In case you were not aware, many of the USPTO trademark examining corps got hit by the Crowdstrike/Microsoft meltdown last Friday and are waiting for the USPTO IT department to get them back online. Not sure about the patent examining
corps, but they could also be in the same fix.<o:p></o:p></p>
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