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    Either way you go there will be a basis for a collateral attack --
    either that it was an improper assignment or that the original
    company (which is likely an empty shell at the time that use began)
    didn't control the quality of the goods and services of the
    ultimately produced product. It would be cheaper and create less
    vulnerability to just file a new application, but whether that's the
    better option will depend on how valuable the priority is -- how
    long it has been pending, how unique the mark is, and how many later
    filers of similar marks there are. And you could file a new
    application too, as a safety net.<br>
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    Pam<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/20/2025 8:00 AM, Crane, Susan via
      E-trademarks wrote:<br>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Exactly
            why I would license, use, file SOU, assign.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
              style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#0072CE">Susan
              L. Crane<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
              style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#51534A">Group
              Vice President, Legal<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
              style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#51534A">Intellectual
              Property, Brands &amp; Marketing<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#51534A"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#51534A">Wyndham
            Hotels &amp; Resorts, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#51534A">22
            Sylvan Way<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#51534A">Parsippany,
            NJ 07054<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
              style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#51534A">O</span></b><span
style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#51534A"> (973)
            753-6455<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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              style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#51534A">M</span></b><span
style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#51534A"> (973)
            879-3420<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><a
              href="mailto:Susan.Crane@wyndham.com"
              moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="color:#467886">Susan.Crane@wyndham.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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              E-trademarks
              <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:e-trademarks-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com">&lt;e-trademarks-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com&gt;</a>
              <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dale Quisenberry via E-trademarks<br>
              <b>Sent:</b> Friday, June 20, 2025 10:54 AM<br>
              <b>To:</b> Carl Oppedahl <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:carl@oppedahl.com">&lt;carl@oppedahl.com&gt;</a>; For
              trademark practitioners. This is not for laypersons to
              seek legal advice. <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com">&lt;e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com&gt;</a><br>
              <b>Cc:</b> Dale Quisenberry
              <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:dale@quisenberrylaw.com">&lt;dale@quisenberrylaw.com&gt;</a><br>
              <b>Subject:</b> Re: [E-trademarks] Assignment of ITU
              application -- exception<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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              style="font-size:1.0pt;color:white">Thanks Carl. My
              concern with that approach is, to use your acronym TYFNIL,
              the true facts come to light, the registration is
              invalidated, the client loses the benefit of the filing
              date, the client is left with common law rights only, and
              the<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif"
            lang="EN-GB">Thanks Carl.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
            style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif"
            lang="EN-GB">My concern with that approach is, to use your
            acronym TYFNIL, the true facts come to light, the
            registration is invalidated, the client loses the benefit of
            the filing date, the client is left with common law rights
            only, and the competitor / opposing party in the litigation,
            who most likely has at least a pending application on file,
            will step in front of the client and lock the client into
            its area of common law rights (and zone of natural
            expansion), and the competitor will have trademark rights
            throughout the remainder of the US.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                Dale Quisenberry<o:p></o:p></span></p>
            <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">Quisenberry
                Law PLLC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                      style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black" lang="EN-GB">From:
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                    style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black" lang="EN-GB">Carl
                    Oppedahl &lt;<a href="mailto:carl@oppedahl.com"
                      moz-do-not-send="true"
                      class="moz-txt-link-freetext">carl@oppedahl.com</a>&gt;<br>
                    <b>Date: </b>Friday, 20 June 2025 at 9:46</span><span
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                    style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black" lang="EN-GB">am<br>
                    <b>To: </b>For trademark practitioners. This is not
                    for laypersons to seek legal advice. &lt;<a
                      href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com"
                      moz-do-not-send="true"
                      class="moz-txt-link-freetext">e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com</a>&gt;<br>
                    <b>Subject: </b>Re: [E-trademarks] Assignment of
                    ITU application -- exception<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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              <p><span lang="EN-GB">At the risk of oversimplifying and
                  maybe not fairly characterizing your question ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
              <p><span lang="EN-GB">You seem to be wondering if
                  sometimes the filer (say XYZ Inc) might not really
                  have much to convey in an assignment to the successor
                  (XYZ LLC).  And if there is not much to convey
                  (perhaps very close to nothing) then can we be sure
                  that the requirements of 15 USC 1060(a)(1) are
                  satisfied?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
              <p><span lang="EN-GB">Over the years I have handled the
                  occasional case where the filer signs an assignment
                  that assigns stuff over to the successor ... and it is
                  basically a quitclaim deed.  The filer is not
                  representing and warranting the amount of goodwill
                  being conveyed, and is not representing and warranting
                  the amount of stuff that constitutes the "business of
                  the applicant, or portion thereof, to which the mark
                  pertains".  But whatever there is, it is being
                  conveyed.  A quitclaim. 
                  <o:p></o:p></span></p>
              <p><span lang="EN-GB">And I have figured this ought to be
                  enough to satisfy 15 USC 1060(a)(1).  The exception I
                  suppose being some extreme fact pattern where the
                  filer has very actively told the world it is not doing
                  anything at all, or has previously engaged in some
                  conduct or another that is entirely inconsistent with
                  any nonzero amount of goodwill or business or
                  trademark rights having ever existed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"
                    lang="EN-GB">On 6/20/2025 8:25 AM, Dale Quisenberry
                    via E-trademarks wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                <div>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                      style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-GB">Listmates,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                      style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-GB"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                      style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-GB">Client filed
                      ITU application in name of XYZ, Inc. (a foreign
                      corporation)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                      style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-GB"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                      style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-GB">Mark has not
                      been used yet.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                      style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-GB"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                      style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-GB">Client has
                      now formed XYZ, LLC (a US based LLC).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                      style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-GB"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                      style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-GB">Client wants
                      to know if it can assign the ITU application from
                      the Inc. to the LLC.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                      style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-GB"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                      style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-GB">The starting
                      point is no, but I\u2019m exploring the exception in 15
                      USC 1060(a)(1):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                      style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-GB"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                      class="num"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"
                          lang="EN-GB">(a)</span></b></span><span
                      style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><a
                      name="a_1" moz-do-not-send="true"></a><span
                      class="num"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"
                          lang="EN-GB">(1)</span></b></span><span
                      style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                      style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-GB">A registered
                      mark or a mark for which an application to
                      register has been filed shall be assignable with
                      the good will of the business in which the mark is
                      used, or with that part of the good will of the
                      business connected with the use of and symbolized
                      by the mark. Notwithstanding the preceding
                      sentence, no application to register a mark under <a
href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/1051*b__;Iw!!Nf401RNTQFE14GfWW3o!iyqbusVlZNXV0z4mlxFZwsbysNAHTGQ0XbyPzfFEZB5DG2MEjAnm0PYaXGXjM3ieBOq4PR9RwPat3yg5oqq8L10jnXS64QA$"
                        moz-do-not-send="true">section 1051(b) of this
                        title</a> shall be assignable prior to the
                      filing of an amendment under <a
href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/1051*c__;Iw!!Nf401RNTQFE14GfWW3o!iyqbusVlZNXV0z4mlxFZwsbysNAHTGQ0XbyPzfFEZB5DG2MEjAnm0PYaXGXjM3ieBOq4PR9RwPat3yg5oqq8L10jEpK-1js$"
                        moz-do-not-send="true">section 1051(c) of this
                        title</a> to bring the application into
                      conformity with <a
href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/1051*a__;Iw!!Nf401RNTQFE14GfWW3o!iyqbusVlZNXV0z4mlxFZwsbysNAHTGQ0XbyPzfFEZB5DG2MEjAnm0PYaXGXjM3ieBOq4PR9RwPat3yg5oqq8L10jyMCu9Uw$"
                        moz-do-not-send="true">section 1051(a) of this
                        title</a> or the filing of the verified
                      statement of use under <a
href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/1051*d__;Iw!!Nf401RNTQFE14GfWW3o!iyqbusVlZNXV0z4mlxFZwsbysNAHTGQ0XbyPzfFEZB5DG2MEjAnm0PYaXGXjM3ieBOq4PR9RwPat3yg5oqq8L10jK3VnHM4$"
                        moz-do-not-send="true">section 1051(d) of this
                        title</a>, except for an assignment to a
                      successor to the business of the applicant, or
                      portion thereof, to which the mark pertains, if
                      that business is ongoing and existing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                      style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-GB"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                      style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-GB"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                      style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-GB">So, at the
                      moment, the LLC does not appear to be a \u201csuccessor
                      to the business of the [Inc.], or a portion
                      thereof, to which the mark, if that business is
                      ongoing and existing.\u201d  Inc. has not started a
                      business that uses the mark yet.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                      style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-GB"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                      style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-GB">So I\u2019m
                      wondering which entity should use the mark first.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                      style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-GB"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                      style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-GB">I believe
                      the LLC is the entity that will be operating the
                      business that uses the mark.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                      style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-GB"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                      style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-GB">So one
                      option is to put a license agreement in place
                      between the Inc. and the LLC so that the use by
                      the LLC is for the benefit of the Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                      style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-GB"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                      style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-GB">Does that
                      open up any resulting registration to attack that
                      the Inc. did not have bona fide intent to use?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                      style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-GB"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                      style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-GB">If so is the
                      only way to navigate this to have the Inc. use the
                      mark, then file the statement of use, then assign
                      the mark and goodwill to the LLC?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                      style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-GB"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                      style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-GB">Has anyone
                      been down this road before?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                      style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-GB"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                      style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-GB">Dale<o:p></o:p></span></p>
                  <p class="MsoNormal"
                    style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                      style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-GB"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                        style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                          style="font-size:12.0pt">C. Dale Quisenberry</span><span
                          style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
                      <p class="MsoNormal"
                        style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                          style="font-size:12.0pt">Quisenberry Law PLLC</span><span
                          style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
                      <p class="MsoNormal"
                        style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                          style="font-size:12.0pt">13910 Champion Forest
                          Drive, Suite 203</span><span
                          style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
                      <p class="MsoNormal"
                        style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                          style="font-size:12.0pt">Houston, Texas 77069</span><span
                          style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                        style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
                          style="font-size:12.0pt">(832) 680.5000
                          (office)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"
                          lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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