<div dir="ltr">I usually say that my firm never will work with any vendor that calls or emails and that they should never bother to contact me again.<div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Michael Brown<br>Michael J Brown Law Office<div>354 Eisenhower Parkway</div><div>Plaza I, 2nd Floor, Suite 2025<div>Livingston, NJ 07039<br><br><div><a href="mailto:michaeljbrownlaw@gmail.com" target="_blank">michaeljbrownlaw@gmail.com</a></div><div><a href="http://www.mjbrownlaw.com" target="_blank">www.mjbrownlaw.com</a> <br>+1 973-577-6300 fax +1 973-577-6301<br></div><div>Google Voice +1 973-637-0358</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Feb 5, 2024 at 4:20\u202fPM Suzannah K. Sundby via Patentpractice <<a href="mailto:patentpractice@oppedahl-lists.com">patentpractice@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 class="msg4932107114225713741">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Based on the responses I\u2019ve received\u2026 I guess that\u2019s my mistake\u2026 waiting for them to reply \u201cokay, thanks, goodbye\u201d after saying I am not interested.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>From now on, I\u2019m going to interject, \u201cThank you, I\u2019m not interested. Goodbye.\u201d then promptly hang up\u2026 and not feel bad about it :)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Thanks y\u2019all for the input!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">I just interrupt them and say, \u201cSorry, but I am not interested.\u201d And then I hang up with waiting to see how they respond.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b>Subject:</b> [Patentpractice] Is it rude... and do you care<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">When receiving a cold call by some vendor who is in the process of giving their 10+ minute spew (without pausing for a breath) of the IP services they provide, e.g., docketing, processing, drawings\u2026 yada yada yada\u2026<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt">Do you think it is rude to interrupt and simply tell them you are not interested\u2026 and when they jump right back into their 10+ minute spew again\u2026 to interrupt again and tell them you are not interested?<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">And, do you care if you are rude when you do it?<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">When we bill by the hour and time is so precious to us\u2026 and one little interruption that lasts a minute or so actually results in a disruption of at least 15 minutes for one\u2019s brain to get back to doing what it was doing\u2026<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Then I briefly feel bad for being rude\u2026 but again\u2026 When we bill by the hour and time is so precious to us\u2026 and one little interruption that lasts a minute or so actually results in a disruption of at least 15 minutes for one\u2019s brain to
get back to doing what it was doing\u2026<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Wondering what others do/think\u2026<u></u><u></u></p>
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