[E-trademarks] Let me be the first...

Tue Dec 5 18:24:34 EST 2023

Searching for plurals in field tags search field:

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It was my understanding that case sensitivity in this context referred to
the field tags themselves being case-sensitive (which is why CC:003
returns 3,539,457 records, but cc:003 returns none):

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Sincerely,

Ed Timberlake
*Board Certified Specialist in Trademark Law
<https://www.nclawspecialists.gov/for-the-public/find-a-board-certified-specialist/results/detail/?id=29473>*

*Timberlake Law* <http://timberlakelaw.com/>
Chapel Hill, NC

Schedule a call on Clarity <https://clarity.fm/edtimberlake>
ed at timberlakelaw.com
919.960.1950

On Tue, Dec 5, 2023 at 5:37 PM Ron Kadden <rkadden at vonmaltitz.com> wrote:

> The problem with CM2 is that it's case sensitive. I think regex is safer
> for searching plurals.
>
> Separately, I was not able to find plurals options by searching "plurals".
>
> Ron Kadden
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 5, 2023 at 3:33 PM Edward Timberlake via E-trademarks <
> e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com> wrote:
>
>> No you don't.
>>
>> Field tag CM2 (among others) catches plurals:
>>
>> CM:digital AND CM2:solver
>>
>> Search Field: CM2
>>
>> (Enhanced combined mark - Combines word, pseudo mark, and translation
>> fields with stemming and plurals)
>>
>> The search field options are pretty powerful, and can themselves be
>> searched.
>>
>> (Just enter "plurals" into the search bar for search fields and a variety
>> of options appear.)
>>
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Ed Timberlake
>> *Board Certified Specialist in Trademark Law
>> <https://www.nclawspecialists.gov/for-the-public/find-a-board-certified-specialist/results/detail/?id=29473>*
>>
>> *Timberlake Law* <http://timberlakelaw.com/>
>> Chapel Hill, NC
>>
>> Schedule a call on Clarity <https://clarity.fm/edtimberlake>
>> ed at timberlakelaw.com
>> 919.960.1950
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 5, 2023 at 3:08 PM Tim Ackermann via E-trademarks <
>> e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Another fun one for plurals:
>>> In "Expert" the first returns one result; the other returns zero
>>> results.
>>> [image: image.png]
>>> If in "Basic" it's 12 and 4 results, and they do not overlap.
>>> Thus, it appears that the system no longer does any plural-matching for
>>> you.
>>>
>>> So, now, if you want to capture plurals, you have to use regex, such as
>>> this: *CM:digital AND CM:/solver[es]{0,2}/*
>>> So user-friendly!
>>> Type of wordString to enterExample
>>> Words that don’t end in y [es]{0,2} /tomato[es]{0,2}/ matches tomato,
>>> tomatoe, tomatos, tomatoes
>>> Words that end in y [yies]{1,4} /januar[yies]{1,4}/ matches January,
>>> januaries
>>> /saturda[yies]{1,4}/ matches Saturday, saturdays
>>> Tim Ackermann
>>> The Ackermann Law Firm
>>>
>>> E:  tim at ackermannlaw.com
>>> P:  817.305.0690
>>> F:  214.453.0810
>>> W: ackermannlaw.com
>>> O: 1701 W. Northwest Hwy. Ste. 100
>>>      Grapevine TX 76051
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Nov 30, 2023 at 4:26 PM Richard Morris via E-trademarks <
>>> e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I would like to know how to search for a two-word mark.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I can search for “BIGJOHN” for example.   But when I search for “BIG
>>>> JOHN” as two words I get hundreds of trademarks for just the term JOHN and
>>>> or just the term BIG.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I only want to retrieve trademarks that have both words.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Please help.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Richard
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *From: *E-trademarks <e-trademarks-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com> on
>>>> behalf of Janet Satterthwaite via E-trademarks <
>>>> e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com>
>>>> *Reply-To: *"For trademark practitioners. This is not for laypersons
>>>> to seek legal advice." <e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com>
>>>> *Date: *Thursday, November 30, 2023 at 5:09 PM
>>>> *To: *"Jessica R. Friedman via E-trademarks" <
>>>> e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com>
>>>> *Cc: *Janet Satterthwaite <jsatterthwaite at potomaclaw.com>
>>>> *Subject: *[E-trademarks] Let me be the first...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> to post a big WHINE about the new search function.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I can't figure out how to search by attorney of record or disclaimers,
>>>> to name a couple of whines.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Then when you click on a hit, it takes you to TSDR instead of TESS
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> There are so many more whines.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> PTO—are you lurking? THIS IS VERY BAD.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *Janet F. Satterthwaite*|Partner/ Chair, Trademark Practice|Potomac
>>>> Law Group, PLLC
>>>>
>>>> 1717 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 1025
>>>>
>>>> Washington, D.C. 20006
>>>>
>>>> jsatterthwaite at potomaclaw.com|www.potomaclaw.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://www.potomaclaw.com/professionals-janet-f-satterthwaite
>>>>
>>>>
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