<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><span style="font-size:-webkit-xxx-large">\U0001f496\u2728</span><div><font size="-apple-system-body">May it be so!</font></div><div>Amen.</div><div><font size="-apple-system-body"><br></font></div><div><font size="-apple-system-body"><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"></font><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 Jan 14, 2025, at 8:23\u202fAM, Crane, Susan via E-trademarks <e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">\ufeff
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Heather Vargas via E-trademarks<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 14, 2025 11:19 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> For trademark practitioners. This is not for laypersons to seek legal advice. <e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Heather Vargas <Heather.Vargas@cobbcole.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [E-trademarks] The never-ending applications finally end<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">For those of you who have been on the list for a while, you know that I have been fighting a multi-year battle on a set of six certification applications that were filed in
September of 2021 (as use based applications\u2026in use for several decades). Many of them were approved for publication multiple times and then pulled and returned for further examination. Many of them were lost in some inter-department black holes for 6, 9,
12 months at a time. Our colleague, Lara Pearson, even drafted an ode to their journey, reproduced here for the list\u2019s amusement and edification:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Heather, oh no!</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">What a total sh*tshow<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Sorry this is happening to you<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">And no, I don't know what to do<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">But better all this happen in just one file<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Even though it's taking quite a while<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">It could be happening in multiple cases<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">And then you'd have to see all those client's disappointed faces <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Looking bewildered and perplexed<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Wondering what the PTO will do next<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hopefully your client is patient and kind<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">When you tell them Gov't has clearly lost its mind<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Cause what else can you do with the PTO's gaffes?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Well, today, the journey is finally over. The last 4 of the six achieved registration. The client is thrilled, nay amazed, that this day has finally come, as am I.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">And so, in honor of our friend and resident poet, I offer the following Irish-ish blessing to all of you<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Happy 2025!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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