<div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto">Indeed. The last two letters of the Spanagram were not cool. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">My question is, is Strands a shill? Which side of a cancellation proceeding will it be the best evidence for? </div></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jun 3, 2025 at 2:54\u202fPM O'Connell Jr., Robert via E-trademarks <<a href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank">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">
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<b style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">On Behalf Of </b>Crane, Susan via E-trademarks<br>
<b style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 3, 2025 1:46 PM<br>
<b style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">To:</b> for trademark practitioners <<a href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" target="_blank">e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com</a>><br>
<b style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Cc:</b> Crane, Susan <<a href="mailto:susan.crane@wyndham.com" style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" target="_blank">susan.crane@wyndham.com</a>><br>
<b style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Subject:</b> [E-trademarks] NYTimes Strands puzzle<u style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></u><u style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></u></span></p>
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