<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">That explains why </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">I recently received </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">an OA that boggles my mind</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">indeed, indeed<br>it's in a Class 41 app</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">for online videos</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">where the Examiner seems</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">clearly not to know<br>that Class 38 is for streaming</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">like if you actually ARE YouTube</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">and 41 is for the videos </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">that we all release there, it's true</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">but evidence of branded YouTube videos was refused<br>because "we don't own the website"</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">so what am I to do<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">besides tell my client to shell out some more dough</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">so I can educate the Examiner on how this is to go</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Ah, the Joys of Practicing before the USPTO</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px"><span style="font-size:x-small">Lara Pearson </span><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-size:x-small">(she/her/hers)</font><font size="1" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="verdana, sans-serif"> </font><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">[</span><a href="https://medium.com/gender-inclusivit/why-i-put-pronouns-on-my-email-signature-and-linkedin-profile-and-you-should-too-d3dc942c8743" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Why pronouns</a>?<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">] (<a href="https://namedrop.io/larapearson" target="_blank">Hear how I say my name</a>)</span></font></font></p><p style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px"><font size="1"><font size="1" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Law Office of Lara Pearson Ltd, PBC</font></font></p><p style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font size="1"><font size="1">Leader, Brand Geek</font></font><font size="1"><font size="1"><br></font></font></span></p><p style="margin:0px"><font color="#000000" style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:x-small">Lara@BrandGeek.net | </span><span style="font-size:x-small">Ph: 775.833.1600</span><span style="font-size:x-small"> </span></font><span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:x-small"><font color="#000000">|</font> <font style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><a href="http://brandgeek.net/about/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">My bio</a></font></span><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:x-small"> </span><br></p><p style="font-size:13px;font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin:0px"><font size="1">This e-mail may contain information that is <b>privileged</b> or </font><font size="1"><b>confidential</b></font><font size="1">. 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Please don't print.<br><br></font></font></b></p><p style="margin:0px"><font size="1"><font><font face="verdana, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">I acknowledge my privilege to live, work and play on the unceded traditional lands of the first people of Lake Tahoe, the Washoe or Wa\u0161i\u0161iw ("people from here," pronounced Wa She Shu). With humility and gratitude, I honor this sacred land, and the <a href="https://washoetribe.us/" target="_blank">Washoe Tribe</a>. </b></font></font></font></p><p style="text-align:center;margin:0px"><font size="1"><font><font face="verdana, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><img width="82" height="96" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4y4Iv_kGzA33LVGak2vMhpl9pJRxSsauquJ4IauN3cCjPL9RMrW0WOjQAJU4eQui-VHV5Wu9jk"></span><br></b></font></font></font></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jun 12, 2025 at 8:27\u202fAM Carl Oppedahl via E-trademarks <<a href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com">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">Hello fellow listserv members.<br>
<br>
Our listservs are hosted on a software platform called Mailman. When a <br>
listserv member posts a posting, Mailman sends the posting via email to <br>
each of the thousand or so listserv members. The system keeps track of <br>
"bounces" and studies the bounce messages and tries to act accordingly. <br>
The system sends me reports sometimes.<br>
<br>
Just now I received a report that today, seven people with "@<a href="http://uspto.gov" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">uspto.gov</a>" <br>
email addresses have been unsubscribed from the e-trademarks listserv. <br>
The reason given is "disabled email address". I recognize some of the <br>
seven names as people (formerly) involved in trademark stuff at the <br>
USPTO, some of them very high up in the Trademark Office. They are <br>
people I know slightly but not well enough to ask them what happened.<br>
<br>
My suspicion is that most of them took the "fork in the road".<br>
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