<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Also, hammer on the burden of proof.<br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Sep 12, 2025 at 5:06\u202fPM Jessica R. Friedman via E-trademarks <<a href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank">e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:rgb(10,47,65)">An application is being refused because the examining attorney maintains, on the basis of I know not what, that
<i>Applicant\u2019s provided address appears to be that of a virtual office claimed by various businesses, and therefore is not the location of applicant\u2019s headquarters where its senior executives or officers ordinarily direct and control applicant\u2019s activities.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:rgb(10,47,65)">The address, which includes street number and suite number, is that of my client\u2019s 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. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:rgb(10,47,65)">Of all the objections I\u2019ve 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
isn\u2019t an actual street address? Does someone actually have to go and take a photo of the building to prove that it\u2019s a real address?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,51,102)">Jessica R. Friedman</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:rgb(10,47,65)"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,51,102)">Attorney at Law</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:rgb(10,47,65)"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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