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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Got my answer. Figures, was insane.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">TMEP 1207.01(d)(i) for anyone who didn’t know. Doubts in 2(d) are resolved in favor of the registrant.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thanks to everyone who sent the TMEP citation!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Bob Reynolds</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> E-trademarks <e-trademarks-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Robert Reynolds via E-trademarks<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 7, 2025 12:49 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Robert Reynolds <rreynolds@kandrip.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [E-trademarks] Looking for a sanity check, and if I'm not insane a citation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Happy new year, esteemed listmates.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Looking for a sanity check, I think I’m hallucinating a rule. I’ve got a tricky 2(d) refusal I’m working on, that I think is a 51/49 split for the EA right now.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I know when the substance of the refusal is 2(e) and the decision is that 51/49 split, the rule from
<i>In re Gourmet Bakers</i> (among others) tells the EA to resolve doubts in favor of the applicant and publish to let third party/parties weigh in. I thought this was the same for 2(d) refusals, but after trying and failing to find that for a while now I think
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Bob Reynolds</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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