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</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:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>I usually mark such emails as spam and never see them again. Email filters nowadays are pretty good and such unsolicited emails never reach me again. If people don’t understand that we will not hire firms behind trolling emails, then they will be reported as spam and filtered out.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Maria<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'>--------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'>Maria Eliseeva<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'>Patentbar International<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'>617-332-5800<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'><a href="mailto:maria@patentbar.com"><span style='color:#0563C1'>maria@patentbar.com</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'><a href="http://www.patentbar.com/"><span style='color:#0563C1'>www.patentbar.com</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><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>From:</b> E-trademarks <e-trademarks-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Janet Satterthwaite via E-trademarks<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, October 9, 2024 4:32 PM<br><b>To:</b> Jessica R. Friedman via E-trademarks <e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com><br><b>Cc:</b> Janet Satterthwaite <jsatterthwaite@potomaclaw.com><br><b>Subject:</b> [E-trademarks] trolling by EU attorneys???<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>I am being plagued with trolling emails from IP lawyers all over Europe offering to help me with office actions for EU applications.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>I do not recall it being this bad before.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Has anyone else noticed an upturn in this behavior lately?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Janet<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id=Signature><p><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#666699'>Janet F. Satterthwaite</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:gray'>|</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#999999'>Partner/ Chair, Trademark Practice|Potomac Law Group, PLLC</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#7C869A;background:white'>1717 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 1025 </span><span style='color:#242424'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#7C869A;background:white'>Washington, D.C. 20006</span><span style='color:#242424'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#7C869A;background:white'>202-486-1578</span><span style='color:#242424'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:gray'><a href="mailto:jsatterthwaite@potomaclaw.com">jsatterthwaite@potomaclaw.com</a>|<a href="https://www.potomaclaw.com" title="https://www.potomaclaw.com">www.potomaclaw.com</a></span> <o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white'><a href="https://www.potomaclaw.com/professionals-janet-f-satterthwaite">https://www.potomaclaw.com/professionals-janet-f-satterthwaite</a></span> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><img border=0 width=10 height=10 style='width:.1041in;height:.1041in' id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://ukwest1-mediap.svc.ms/transform/thumbnail?provider=spo&inputFormat=png&cs=fFNQTw&docid=https%3A%2F%2Fglobebpcrm.sharepoint.com%3A443%2F_api%2Fv2.0%2Fdrives%2Fb!TQZR2-2SPE2ijySca0RSk9GWpi3pTptJqpI2GM317RV0fn8ZfIBsSZ9rpY5T6aYk%2Fitems%2F0154SFYISYVY4G5S2PLJG32IIOCE4C4SJE%3Fversion%3DPublished&access_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJub25lIn0.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.bHVQeUl3TFNnejFLTVMzeERRV2JRaGhmK1luUHNSNmtwVG82cFgwZytVbz0&cTag=%22c%3A%7B6E38AE58-4FCB-4D5A-BD21-0E11382E4924%7D%2C2%22&encodeFailures=1&width=717&height=213&srcWidth=717&srcHeight=213"></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>This e-mail and any attachments may contain information that is private, confidential, and/or privileged. 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