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<b>On Behalf Of </b>O'Connell Jr., Robert via E-trademarks<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 16, 2025 3:33 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> For trademark practitioners. This is not for laypersons to seek legal advice. <e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> O'Connell Jr., Robert <robert.oconnell@orrick.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [E-trademarks] Anyone else not receiving SOU acceptance emails?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:green">Yes! Just yesterday I got four registrations on ITU cases where we never got a Notice of Acceptance of the SOU.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Kevin Grierson via E-trademarks<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 16, 2025 11:08 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> For trademark practitioners. This is not for laypersons to seek legal advice. <<a href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com">e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Kevin Grierson <<a href="mailto:kgrierson@cm.law">kgrierson@cm.law</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [E-trademarks] Anyone else not receiving SOU acceptance emails?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Over the past couple of months, when we have filed statements of use, we have never gotten an acceptance email, just the notice of registration. Looking at TSDR, the \u201cNotice of acceptance of statement of use e-mailed\u201d shows up in the prosecution
history, but there is no acceptance email in the documents tab, so TSDR is contradicting itself (and as noted, we never received the email).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Here\u2019s what the prosecution history looks like:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">But here\u2019s what the docs tab says:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0F172E"><a href="https://www.culhanemeadows.com/attorney/kevin-grierson/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0F172E;text-decoration:none">Kevin Grierson</span></a></span></b><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0F172E;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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