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<span dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0;">I get 2 calls and at least 5 emails a day. I have blocked over 800 email addresses in my spam filter and most of those blocks are for an entire domain. I cringe every time a Madrid application is rejected in certain countries.</span>
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<br><span dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0;">You asking people trying to solicit you to stop soliciting you is not rude. </span>
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<p>Feb 5, 2024 3:17:47 PM Suzannah K. Sundby via Patentpractice <patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com>:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style=" mso-pagination: widow-orphan; margin: 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-style-qformat: yes; mso-style-parent: ""; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;mso-style-unhide: no;"><b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;">From:</span></b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;"> Roger Browdy <RLBrowdy@browdyneimark.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 5, 2024 3:12 PM<br><b>To:</b> For patent practitioners. This is not for laypersons to seek legal advice. <patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com><br><b>Cc:</b> Suzannah K. Sundby <suzannah@canadylortz.com><br><b>Subject:</b> RE: Is it rude... and do you care</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style=" mso-pagination: widow-orphan; margin: 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-style-qformat: yes; mso-style-parent: ""; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;mso-style-unhide: no;"></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style=" mso-pagination: widow-orphan; margin: 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-style-qformat: yes; mso-style-parent: ""; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;mso-style-unhide: no;"></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style=" mso-pagination: widow-orphan; margin: 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-style-qformat: yes; mso-style-parent: ""; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;mso-style-unhide: no;"></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=" mso-pagination: widow-orphan; margin: 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-style-qformat: yes; mso-style-parent: ""; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;mso-style-unhide: no;">I interrupt the spew and tell them I\u2019m not interested and when they insist, I more assertively tell them I am not interested\u2026 and I\u2019ve had a few where they still insist, so I\u2019ve hung up on them.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=" mso-pagination: widow-orphan; margin: 0in; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-style-qformat: yes; mso-style-parent: ""; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;mso-style-unhide: no;"></p>
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