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<div dir="auto">Gee, forgive my stupidity, but I'm not aware of something called a WIPO trademark registration. What am I missing?</div>
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<div dir="auto">-Gerry Elman</div>
<div dir="auto">Elman IP in Denton, Texas</div>
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<div>From: "Jessica R. Friedman via E-trademarks" <e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com>
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<div>Date: 11/13/24 5:44 PM (GMT-06:00) </div>
<div>To: "For trademark practitioners. This is not for laypersons to seek legal advice." <e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com>
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<div>Cc: "Jessica R. Friedman" <jrfriedman@litproplaw.com> </div>
<div>Subject: [E-trademarks] Jurisdiction over foreign client accused of TM infringement in the US
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<li style="color:#0E2841; margin-left:0in" class="MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif; color:#163E64"><span style="color:windowtext">Client operates and has offices in France. Client uses CLOUD SECURES (hypothetical)
to identify its cybersecurity consulting services and has a WIPO registration for that mark for those services. Occasionally Client provides its services to a US company and, in such cases, may work with a US contractor.
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<li style="color:#0E2841; margin-left:0in" class="MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif; color:#163E64"><span style="color:windowtext">USCo provides cybersecurity consulting services in the U.S. under the mark CLOUD.
USCo sends Client a c&d letter accusing Client of infringing its CLOUD trademark by allegedly using CLOUD SECURES here in the U.S.
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<li style="color:#0E2841; margin-left:0in" class="MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif; color:#163E64"><span style="color:windowtext">Without Client\u2019s having an office or agent here, is there any basis for USCo to
assert jurisdiction over Client here? Could the US contractors that Client uses be considered its agents so as to confer jurisdiction?
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<i>in France </i>for the trademark infringement that USCo claims Client is committing
<i>here</i>?</span></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif; color:#003366">Jessica R. Friedman</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif; color:#003366">Attorney at Law</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif; color:#003366">New York, NY 10022</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif; color:#003366">Cell: 917-647-1884</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black"></span></p>
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