<div dir="ltr">I've received emails from examiners on Saturdays and Sundays which tells me they were working remotely. If they were in the office, the emails probably would not have been sent until Monday. <div><br></div><div>I think remote working can be a plus if managed correctly. My daughter was hired as a VP for an international company full time work remotely. </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jan 21, 2025 at 10:15\u202fAM Michael D. Steger 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"><div class="msg-3826721124120640541"><div lang="EN-US" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="m_-3826721124120640541WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">I don\u2019t think they have offices for anywhere close to all of the examiners.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">My brother in law is an attorney for another agency, and his section has not had offices for a several years, so there is no \u201coffice\u201d for them to go back to work. <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Mike Steger<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> E-trademarks <<a href="mailto:e-trademarks-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank">e-trademarks-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Kevin Grierson via E-trademarks<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 21, 2025 10:09 AM<br><b>To:</b> For trademark practitioners. This is not for laypersons to seek legal advice. <<a href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank">e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> Kevin Grierson <kgrierson@cm.law><br><b>Subject:</b> [E-trademarks] PTO abandoning remote work?<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Saw a post from Professor Dickson yesterday about Trump\u2019s executive order ending remote work for federal employees. Seems to be some wiggle room in it, but wow, aren\u2019t there a ton of examiners working remotely? 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