<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">EU Tm apps have two languages. For USA filers, Ejglish is typically one. If client is native in another supported language<div>that might be the second. Gevers suggest, as I remember, one of their Belgium languages, less known, and thus likely</div><div>to encourage other parties to use english. This top of mind\u2014I\u2019ve usually used an EU associate for EU tm apps,</div><div>I assume IB dropdown is on similar basis.</div><div>Daniel Kegan</div><div>daniel@keganlaw.com<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Feb 18, 2025, at 12:39\u202fPM, Sam Castree via E-trademarks <e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">Dear List Mates,</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif">My client filed a U.S. trademark application about 5 months ago, and now he wants to file in the EU as well. I'm filing through the International Bureau to back-date our EU application to the U.S. filing date. So far so good. Now it's time to check the boxes for what jurisdictions we want to file on. I see the box to indicate that we want to extend protection into the EU, but there's also a mandatory drop-down menu and an instruction "Please select second language." Can someone please explain what this choice does, and what effect it will have? Obviously, I've never dealt with this particular task before. Many thanks in advance for your guidance.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size:16px;font-family:"times new roman",serif"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"times new roman",serif"><div><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:tahoma;font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif"><span style="font-size:16px">Cheers,</span></span></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:tahoma;font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif"><span style="font-size:16px"> </span></span></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:tahoma;font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif"><span style="color:rgb(255,102,0);font-size:12pt">Sam<span> Castree, III</span></span></span></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:tahoma;font-size:medium"><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif"><span style="color:rgb(255,102,0);font-size:12pt"><br></span></span></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:medium"><font face="times new roman, serif"><span style="color:rgb(255,102,0);font-size:12pt"><span><i>Sam Castree Law, LLC</i></span></span></font></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="times new roman, serif"><span style="color:rgb(255,102,0)"><span><span style="font-size:12pt"><i>3421 W. Elm St.</i></span></span></span></font></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="times new roman, serif"><span style="color:rgb(255,102,0)"><span><span style="font-size:12pt"><i>McHenry, IL 60050</i></span></span></span></font></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="times new roman, serif"><span style="color:rgb(255,102,0)"><span><span style="font-size:12pt"><i>(815) 344-6300</i></span></span></span></font></div></div></div></div></span><br></span></div></div>
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