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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">One additional thought about Lara\u2019s situation: if, as opposing counsel (incorrectly) claims, a general assignment of a mark along with its goodwill conveyed the right to sue for past infringement, why would
they want to delete Lara\u2019s language explicitly assigning such a right? This is the kind of silliness that makes my head hurt when negotiating contracts. Too many lawyers mark up agreements to show their client that they are doing something rather than to
achieve any particular goal (of course, the other possibility is that the lawyer was lying and hoping Lara wouldn\u2019t know, which is worse).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Dale Quisenberry via E-trademarks<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 8, 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> Dale Quisenberry <dale@quisenberrylaw.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [E-trademarks] Assigning right to sue for past infringements<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">C. Dale Quisenberry<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">From:
</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">E-trademarks <<a href="mailto:e-trademarks-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com">e-trademarks-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com</a>> on behalf of Carl Oppedahl via E-trademarks <<a href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com">e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com</a>><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, 8 October 2024 at 2:54</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">\u202f</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">pm<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>Re: [E-trademarks] Assigning right to sue for past infringements<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt">Keep in mind that trademark law is, fundamentally, state law. We sort
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of pretend that it is federal but that's not really the case.<br>
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Can your counterpart opine that in all fifty states, there is no doubt <br>
whatsoever that a mere assignment of mark and goodwill today also <br>
conveys the right to sue for infringements that happened before today?<br>
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On 10/8/2024 12:35 PM, Lara Pearson via E-trademarks wrote:<br>
> Hi list friends:<br>
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> I hope this finds you smiling.<br>
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> In the past couple years I have included a provision in trademark assignments that allows for the assignee to act on and recover for past infringements. A counterpart's counsel recently pushed back on this saying that a basic assignment of the Mark & goodwill
automatically included those rights. I cannot recall when exactly, nor why, I started including that specific past infringement language in my assignments.<br>
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> I would love to hear your thoughts on whether including this extra language is prudent, necessary, or unnecessary, and why.<br>
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> Thank you.<br>
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> With appreciation for this list serv and each of you wonderful list friends (lurkers too!,<br>
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> Lara Pearson, Esq.<br>
> Law Office of Lara Pearson Ltd, PBC & Brand Geek<br>
> 775.833.1600<br>
> Calendly.com/BrandGeek (let's meet)<br>
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> Creative typoing by iPhone<br>
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