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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0A2F41">An application is being refused because the examining attorney maintains, on the basis of I know not what, that
<i>Applicants provided address appears to be that of a virtual office claimed by various businesses, and therefore is not the location of applicants headquarters where its senior executives or officers ordinarily direct and control applicants activities.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0A2F41">The address, which includes street number and suite number, is that of my clients law firm, from which she also runs the applicant company. This same address has been the basis
for other trademark applications without any such objection. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0A2F41">Of all the objections Ive received in my more than 40 years of doing this work, this has to be the most asinine. Since when does/can an EA claim that an actual street address
isnt an actual street address? Does someone actually have to go and take a photo of the building to prove that its a real address?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#003366">Jessica R. Friedman</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0A2F41"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#003366">Attorney at Law</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0A2F41"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#003366">300 East 59 Street, Ste. 2406</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0A2F41"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#003366">New York, NY 10022</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0A2F41"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#003366">Phone: 212-220-0900</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0A2F41"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#003366">Cell: 917-647-1884</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0A2F41"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#003366">E-mail:</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:blue"> </span><u><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0563C1"><a href="mailto:jrfriedman@litproplaw.com" title="mailto:jrfriedman@litproplaw.com"><span style="color:#0563C1">jrfriedman@litproplaw.com</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0A2F41"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><u><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#0563C1"><a href="http://www.literarypropertylaw.com" title="http://www.literarypropertylaw.com"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.literarypropertylaw.com</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0A2F41"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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