<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr">\ufeffCorporation\u2019s addresses from their corporate filing (readily accessible online) is a great idea \u2014 as it\u2019s less burdensome (and bizarre) than asking the client to dig out their lease. But I wonder if the EA, applying the PTO\u2019s guidelines, will still refuse registration because a Department of State doesn\u2019t screen for \u201cactual place of business\u201d the way the PTO is required to do.<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Mark</div><div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Mark S. Kaufman</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Kaufman & Kahn, LLP</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Email: <a href="mailto:kaufman@kaufmankahn.com">kaufman@kaufmankahn.com</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><a href="http://www.kaufmankahn.com/" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">www.kaufmankahn.com</font></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">10 Grand Central</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font color="#000000"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="x-apple-data-detectors://5/0" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="address" x-apple-data-detectors-result="5/0" style="text-decoration-color: rgba(127, 127, 127, 0.380392);">155 East 44</a><sup><a href="x-apple-data-detectors://5/0" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="address" x-apple-data-detectors-result="5/0" style="text-decoration-color: rgba(127, 127, 127, 0.380392);">th</a></sup><a href="x-apple-data-detectors://5/0" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="address" x-apple-data-detectors-result="5/0" style="text-decoration-color: rgba(127, 127, 127, 0.380392);"> Street, 19</a><sup><a href="x-apple-data-detectors://5/0" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="address" x-apple-data-detectors-result="5/0" style="text-decoration-color: rgba(127, 127, 127, 0.380392);">th</a></sup><a href="x-apple-data-detectors://5/0" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="address" x-apple-data-detectors-result="5/0" style="text-decoration-color: rgba(127, 127, 127, 0.380392);"> Floor</a></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font color="#000000" style="text-decoration-color: rgba(127, 127, 127, 0.38); caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="x-apple-data-detectors://5/0" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="address" x-apple-data-detectors-result="5/0" style="text-decoration-color: rgba(127, 127, 127, 0.380392); caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">New York, NY 10017</a> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Mobile: <a href="tel:(917)%20453-7807" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="telephone" x-apple-data-detectors-result="5/1" style="text-decoration-color: rgba(127, 127, 127, 0.380392);">(917) 453-7807</a> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tel.: <a href="tel:(212)%20293-5556" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="telephone" x-apple-data-detectors-result="6">(212) 293-5556</a>, x 2</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img webkitattachmentid="c7baeb76-bfe2-4560-b30d-d75747e43f21" border="0" width="371" height="51" id="Picture_x0020_7" src="blob:null/543ad2ba-bbc7-46f0-ad10-e7347d90acee" _mf_state="1" title="null" style="width: 3.8666in; height: 0.5333in;" data-unique-identifier=""></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This email is intended only for the party to whom it is addressed and may contain privileged or confidential information. 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I recently encountered a similar issue and submitted a print-out from the State's corporations' page showing the client's (not Resident Agent) address --</div>
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The Examiner accepted the address as the applicant's "domicile" address, and the address questioned by the Examiner was accepted as the applicant's "mailing" address.</div>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Simor L. Moskowitz</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">703) 827-3803 (DD)</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">(703) 827-3800 (main)</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">(571) 395-8753 (fax)</span></p>
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<b>From:</b> E-trademarks <e-trademarks-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com> on behalf of David Boundy via E-trademarks <e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, September 13, 2025 6:57 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> For trademark practitioners. This is not for laypersons to seek legal advice. <e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> David Boundy <DavidBoundyEsq@gmail.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [E-trademarks] Refusal because examiner claims that actual street address is really virtual</div>
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<div class="elementToProof" style="direction: ltr;">On Fri, Sep 12, 2025 at 5:06\u202fPM Jessica R. Friedman via E-trademarks <<a class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWAbeb9c0a6-c919-f667-083c-75288ee352bd" href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com">e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com</a>>
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<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.</i></span></p>
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<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.</span></p>
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<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?</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif; font-size: 7pt; color: rgb(0, 51, 102);">Phone: 212-220-0900</span></p>
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