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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p>[note
from editor -- this sort of stuff seems to happen over and
over again]</o:p></span></p>
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style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p>A
listserv member asks to post anonymously: <br>
</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p><br>
</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"
style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">An
individual files for and obtains a US trademark registration
in 2000 for services.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"
style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"
style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">An Inc.
owned by the individual is formed in 2010 and starts using the
mark in the registration for the services in the registration.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"
style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"
style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">All
subsequent renewal filings are still done in the name of the
individual but the services are being rendered by the Inc.,
not the individual.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"
style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"
style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">There
was never a written license agreement in place between the
individual and the Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"
style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"
style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">There is
a potential dispute involving the registration.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"
style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"
style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Can the
validity of the registration be attacked on grounds that the
renewal filings were done in the name of the individual and
not the Inc. when no written license agreement was in place?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"
style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"
style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">If so,
how can this be fixed?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"
style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"
style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">A
retroactive / <i>nunc pro tunc</i> license agreement?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"
style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"
style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">A
retroactive / <i>nunc pro tunc </i>assignment?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"
style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"
style="mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Are
there other problems that need to be fixed?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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