<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Phew! And, thank you! <div><br></div><div><br><div>Due to the high visibility of the poster on LinkedIn, this was one of those moments where I thought I'd somehow been mistaken for 25 years. </div><div><br></div><div>I appreciate the quick sanity check, Charles!</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Lara Pearson, Esq.</div><div>Law Office of Lara Pearson Ltd, PBC & Brand Geek</div><div>775.833.1600</div><div>Calendly.com/BrandGeek (let's meet)</div><div><div><br></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Creative typoing by iPhone</span></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Dec 16, 2024, at 6:10\u202fPM, Charles Guarino <cpguarino9@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">\ufeff<div dir="ltr">That is an inaccurate statement. In the United States, the TM/SM designations may be used to denote the claim of common law rights in a mark. No pending application is required.<br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Dec 16, 2024 at 6:02\u202fPM Lara Pearson via E-trademarks <<a href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com">e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Happy work week, list friends:<br>
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A US trademark attorney posted on LinkedIn today that use of TM/SM is reserved for those with pending apps. I don't believe this is accurate (and neither does ChatGPT \U0001f602), but I wanted to double check with the folks in this group, in case I've been missing something all these years.<br>
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With appreciation,<br>
Lara Pearson, Esq.<br>
Law Office of Lara Pearson Ltd, PBC & Brand Geek<br>
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Calendly.com/BrandGeek (let's meet)<br>
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