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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Fun Strands puzzle but I don\u2019t like the Spanagram: \u201cTrademarked\u201d. I used to tell my students (when I taught trademark law and supervised a law school trademark clinic) don\u2019t use trademark as a verb! You
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> E-trademarks <e-trademarks-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Janet Satterthwaite via E-trademarks<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 3, 2025 2:19 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Janet Satterthwaite <jsatterthwaite@potomaclaw.com>; for trademark practitioners <e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [E-trademarks] NYTimes Strands puzzle<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I thought it apt as I am now flying to a deposition of a survey expert re a genericness survey. I thought it was kismet. <span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">On Jun 3, 2025, at 1:48<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">\u202f</span>PM, Crane, Susan via E-trademarks <<a href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com">e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For those among us who do the various Times puzzles, I had a love/hate relationship with today\u2019s Strands, that I am sure is shared by all of you.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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