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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’m 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">“Newland Real Estate Group ”</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—identical
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’t 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’d be happy to discuss your options and help you take the appropriate
steps to protect your business identity—feel 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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