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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> E-trademarks <e-trademarks-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Annette Heller via E-trademarks<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, July 18, 2025 4:55 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com; e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Annette Heller <tmattorneyheller@aol.com>; ericab@ebmediate.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [E-trademarks] Junior User Filing Federal Registration with Existing Senior Common Law User<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">If the junior user is aware of the senior user and where they are using the mark, then when the junior user files the application, the junior user sets out the area
it is not claiming rights to and list the other party information.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Annette P. Heller<br>
Trademark/Copyright Attorney<br>
TM Law & Associates<br>
400 Chesterfield Center Ste 400<br>
Chesterfield [St Louis] MO 63017<br>
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</span><a href="http://www.trademarkatty.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">www.TrademarkAtty.com</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
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314-469-2610 Fax 314-469-4850</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In a message dated 7/18/2025 3:51:36 PM Central Daylight Time,
<a href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com">e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com</a> writes:
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<p class="yiv1063688599msonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Can someone remind me of the rule that allows a junior user to file a federal registration even if there is an existing senior common law user, where the senior’s use is in just 1 or 2 states?
I assume the registration is subject to the senior user’s geographic common law rights. Must the junior user be
<em><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">unaware</span></em> of the senior user when filing the application, or the junior user can be aware, but just refrain from infringing the senior user’s common law rights in the senior’s geographic area? Can
the senior user try to cancel the junior’s registration, or just enforce its geographic common law rights? Thanks!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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