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<p>Thank you Lara for posting. <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/6/2025 9:59 PM, Lara Pearson via
E-trademarks wrote:<br>
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<div class="gmail_default">Hi TM List friends:</div>
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<div class="gmail_default">Even though this is the TM list,
this may be a harbinger of things to come, so I am sharing
here, as I just learned this from a colleague on LinkedIn:<br>
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<div class="gmail_default"><span>Commissioner for Patents
Takes \u2018Fork in the Road\u2019 and Resigns from USPTO </span><a
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<div><span>IPWatchdog has learned that Commissioner for
Patents Vaishali Udupa has notified the United States
Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) that she is resigning
effective immediately. Udupa has submitted her resignation
in order to take advantage of the deferred resignation
program \u2014known as Fork in the Road\u2014 offered by President
Donald J. Trump to federal workers in an email on January
28, 2025."</span></div>
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<div><span>"Deputy Commissioner Valencia Martin Wallace will
immediately assume the role of Acting Commissioner for
Patents."</span><span class="gmail-white-space-pre"> </span></div>
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<div><span><span class="gmail_default">I</span>n 2007, the</span><span
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class="gmail-qfFmkfgLvuiDKllGIikYMFcwTiuwMhlDbKAQ"
target="_self"
href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/u.s.-merit-systems-protection-board/"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span><span>U.S. Merit Systems
Protection Board</span></span></a><span
class="gmail-white-space-pre"> </span><span>overturned
the agency's decision to remove Valencia Martin Wallace
from office for</span><span class="gmail-white-space-pre">
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<div><span>(1) Conduct unbecoming a federal employee and
violations of<span class="gmail_default">:</span></span></div>
<div><span> 5 CFR 2635.502 one of the standards of ethics for
employees of the Executive Branch,</span><span
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<div><span><span class="gmail_default"> </span>5 USC 3110
which restricts employment of relatives, and</span><span
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<div><span><span class="gmail_default"> </span>5 USC 230 which
designates a violation of 5 USC 3110 as a prohibited
personnel practice.</span></div>
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</span><span class="gmail_default">What's next, I wonder?</span></div>
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<div><span class="gmail_default">Wishing everyone a peaceful
weekend,</span></div>
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<p><span>Lara Pearson </span>(she/her/hers) <span>[</span><a
href="https://medium.com/gender-inclusivit/why-i-put-pronouns-on-my-email-signature-and-linkedin-profile-and-you-should-too-d3dc942c8743"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">Why pronouns</a>?<span>]
(<a
href="https://namedrop.io/larapearson" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">Hear how I
say my name</a>)</span></p>
<p>Law Office of Lara Pearson Ltd, PBC</p>
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