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    Agree! Interesting possibility,<br>
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    <div class="moz-signature">Pamela S. Chestek<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/3/2024 9:17 AM, Annette Heller
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        In a message dated 12/3/2024 11:04:13 AM Central Standard Time,
        <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com">e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com</a> writes:
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                  <div> I'd consider filing a power of attorney ASAP.
                    This is probably not the case -- I don't want to
                    assume attorney malfeasance -- but it's not
                    impossible.</div>
                  <div> What I'd be worried about is some kind of Amazon
                    / brand-ownership hijacking. Assuming you didn't
                    have a filed power of attorney, the USPTO stopped
                    recognizing you as the attorney upon registration
                    (or completion of earlier maintenance filing) under
                    37 C.F.R. §2.17(g). Then, once this new attorney
                    files the renewal, the new attorney is recognized
                    under 37 C.F.R. §2.17(b)(1), right? And that
                    attorney will get any kind of emails from Amazon, or
                    Walmart, or whoever now uses that method of
                    verifying brand ownership, under 37 C.F.R. §2.18.</div>
                  <div> I just don't see another point for paying the
                    client's USPTO fees when you are not going to be
                    reimbursed. And the "we're on vacation and not
                    responding" might just be a dodge. </div>
                  <div> Sincerely, </div>
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                      Tue, Dec 3, 2024 at 10:41\u202fAM Mark Kaufman via
                      E-trademarks &lt;<a
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                            <p class="yiv6800248735MsoNormal">Oh great
                              and powerful Brain Trust:</p>
                            <p class="yiv6800248735MsoNormal"> </p>
                            <p class="yiv6800248735MsoNormal">We wrote
                              to a client to renew a registration (due
                              in a year, but inspired by the upcoming
                              increase in PTO fees).  Client said they\u2019d
                              send payment.  Before we renewed, another
                              U.S. attorney had filed and paid the fee
                              for renewal.  Disappointed, I wrote to the
                              client.  Client said that they didn\u2019t know
                              who the new attorney was, and that client
                              had mailed me a check to do the work.   An
                              email to the new attorney semi-bounces
                              back with the following message:</p>
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                              style="margin-left: 0.5in;">XYZ Law Firm
                              will be away on vacation for the 2024-2025
                              holiday season. Afterward [the firm] will
                              begin the winding up process. If you have
                              any questions this email will be monitored
                              sparingly but questions will be addressed
                              in time. [The Firm\u2019s] Intellectual
                              Property web services have been faulty
                              since 9/4/2024. If assistance is needed
                              concerning a prior response please call.</p>
                            <p class="yiv6800248735MsoNormal"> </p>
                            <p class="yiv6800248735MsoNormal">I\u2019m not
                              sure if the \u201c2024-2025 holiday season\u201d
                              means the entire month of December.  A
                              phone call to new attorney\u2019s cell phone
                              doesn\u2019t answer, and \u201cmailbox is full.\u201d 
                              I\u2019ve sent a text message, but am not
                              optimistic about getting a response.</p>
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                            <p class="yiv6800248735MsoNormal">So:  I
                              guess I\u2019ll send the foregoing to <a
                                href="mailto:TMscam@uspto.gov"
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                                class="moz-txt-link-freetext">TMscam@uspto.gov</a>
                              and, if anyone thinks it\u2019s advisable, to
                              the Post Registration Department.  But the
                              curious thing about this hijacking is that
                              the new, unauthorized \u201claw firm\u201d, in the
                              process of taking over the registration,
                              paid the filing fee.  Maybe they intend to
                              assign the registration to some other
                              scammer\u2026</p>
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                            <p class="yiv6800248735MsoNormal">I welcome
                              your thoughts and suggestions.</p>
                            <p class="yiv6800248735MsoNormal"> </p>
                            <p class="yiv6800248735MsoNormal">Thanks,</p>
                            <p class="yiv6800248735MsoNormal">Mark</p>
                            <p class="yiv6800248735MsoNormal"> </p>
                            <p class="yiv6800248735MsoNormal"><span
                                style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
                                serif;" lang="NL">Mark S. Kaufman</span></p>
                            <p class="yiv6800248735MsoNormal"><span
                                style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
                                serif;" lang="NL">Kaufman &amp; Kahn,
                                LLP</span></p>
                            <p class="yiv6800248735MsoNormal"><span
                                style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
                                serif;">Email:  <a
                                  href="mailto:kaufman@kaufmankahn.com"
                                  target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener
                                  noreferrer" shape="rect"
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                                    style="color: rgb(5,99,193);">kaufman@kaufmankahn.com</span></a>
                              </span></p>
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                                style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
                                serif;"><a
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                                    style="color: rgb(5,99,193);">www.kaufmankahn.com</span></a></span></p>
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                                style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
                                serif;"> </span></p>
                            <p class="yiv6800248735MsoNormal"><span
                                style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
                                serif;">10 Grand Central</span></p>
                            <p class="yiv6800248735MsoNormal"><span
                                style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
                                serif;">155 East 44<sup>th</sup> Street,
                                19<sup>th</sup> Floor</span></p>
                            <p class="yiv6800248735MsoNormal"><span
                                style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
                                serif;">New York, NY  10017</span></p>
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                                style="font-size: 10pt; font-family:
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