<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">If this was a real attorney, this would so clearly be malpractice. Unreal.<div><br></div><div>John</div><div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Sep 8, 2025, at 8:56\u202fAM, Julia Anne Matheson via E-trademarks <e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">\ufeff
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:richard@themarkbeacon.com">richard@themarkbeacon.com</a> <<a href="mailto:richard@themarkbeacon.com">richard@themarkbeacon.com</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 5, 2025 12:57 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Burke, Daryl-Lynn <<a href="mailto:Daryl-Lynn.Burke@brookfieldrp.com">Daryl-Lynn.Burke@brookfieldrp.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Business Name Dispute: Immediate Action Required<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white"><a name="_Hlk183730521"></a><a name="v1_Hlk150972089"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk183730521"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2C363A">Dear </span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk183730521"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2C363A">Daryllynn,<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk183730521"><a name="_Hlk197634082"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2C363A">I\u2019m contacting you on behalf of the Legal Department
at </span></a><a name="_Hlk207848309"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk197634082"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2C363A">The Mark Beacon</span></span></a></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk183730521"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk197634082"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2C363A">,
a private firm specializing in trademark and copyright services. We've received a request from an applicant in Virginia seeking to register
</span><b><span style="color:black">\u201cNewland Real Estate Group \u201d</span></b></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk183730521"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk197634082"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2C363A"> as a trademark\u2014identical
to the name you currently use for similar services. Our records show no active federal trademark registration for this name with the USPTO. Under U.S. law, names that aren\u2019t federally trademarked are generally considered available for registration by others,
regardless of prior use.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk183730521"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk197634082"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2C363A">If no action is taken to secure
your rights, the applicant may move forward with registering the name and potentially gain exclusive federal rights to it. This could create complications for your continued use of the name. I\u2019d be happy to discuss your options and help you take the appropriate
steps to protect your business identity\u2014feel free to give me a call or respond to my email so we can go over everything together.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
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