[E-trademarks] USPTO.GOV No Longer Accessible via VPN

[Steve Zemanick]

Thanks Kevin.  Per Tony’s suggestion, I’m asking the VPN provider for guidance and if the fix seems universal (assuming there is one), I’ll post.

I haven’t played with changing countries, but I hope it isn’t the case that the USPTO blocks US VPN access and allows non-US access.  Maybe I should try accessing from China.

Steve Zemanick
Four Reasons Legal
8074 E 34th Ave
Denver, CO 80238
steve at fourreasonslegal.com<mailto:steve at fourreasonslegal.com>
720.937.6599

CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATION
Communication from this firm normally contains confidential and privileged material, and is for the sole use of the intended recipient.  Use or distribution by an unintended recipient is prohibited, and may be a violation of law. If you believe that you received this in error, please do not read it or any attachments.  Please delete the communication and its attachments, and any copies that may exist, and inform the sender that you have done so. Thank you.

From: Kevin Grierson <kgrierson at cm.law>
Sent: Friday, December 8, 2023 10:38 AM
To: For trademark practitioners. This is not for laypersons to seek legal advice. <e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com>
Cc: Steve Zemanick <Steve at fourreasonslegal.com>
Subject: RE: [E-trademarks] USPTO.GOV No Longer Accessible via VPN

The PTO may be doing it intentionally to prevent people from spoofing whether they are logging in from.  Netflix and other streaming services play this cat and mouse game with VPNs because they don’t want people to access materials only available in certain locations.  You may be able to access it via a different VPN, or by changing the location setting on the VPN.

Kevin Grierson​​​​
CULHANE|MEADOWS PLLC<http://www.culhanemeadows.com/>
[Mobile:]
  757-726-7799<tel:757-726-7799>
[Fax:]
  866-521-5663<fax:866-521-5663>
[Email:]
  kgrierson at cm.law<mailto:kgrierson at cm.law>

From: E-trademarks <e-trademarks-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com<mailto:e-trademarks-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com>> On Behalf Of Steve Zemanick via E-trademarks
Sent: Friday, December 8, 2023 12:05 PM
To: For trademark practitioners. This is not for laypersons to seek legal advice. <e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com<mailto:e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com>>
Cc: Steve Zemanick <Steve at fourreasonslegal.com<mailto:Steve at fourreasonslegal.com>>
Subject: Re: [E-trademarks] USPTO.GOV No Longer Accessible via VPN

EXTERNAL EMAIL
Thanks Tony.  Unless the setting reads “allow access to USPTO.GOV,” I’m going to need more guidance.


From: E-trademarks <e-trademarks-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com<mailto:e-trademarks-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com>> On Behalf Of asarabia2 via E-trademarks
Sent: Friday, December 8, 2023 9:55 AM
To: e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com<mailto:e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com>
Cc: asarabia2 <asarabia2 at gmail.com<mailto:asarabia2 at gmail.com>>
Subject: Re: [E-trademarks] USPTO.GOV No Longer Accessible via VPN


I have had the same problem.  There was a setting on my VPN which corrected the problem.  I suggest your check your VPN settings.

Regards,

Tony Sarabia

IP Business Law, Inc.
320 via Pasqual
Redondo Beach, CA 90277
(310)377-5171
www.calrestitution.com<http://www.calrestitution.com/>
On 12/8/2023 7:46 AM, Steve Zemanick via E-trademarks wrote:
Good morning Listmates, and particularly Carl,

As of this week I am no longer able to even land on USPTO.GOV while using a VPN connection.  I believe I’ve had situations in the past where I needed to turn the VPN off to say download something from one or more databases at the USPTO, but this new situation has me wondering how I’m going to manage my competing interests in maintaining private communications with clients via VPN vs regular access to the USPTO information and interfaces.

I guess I’m hoping there might be settings on the VPN and/or browser(s) that might still enable some USPTO access via VPN?

Steve Zemanick
Four Reasons Legal
8074 E 34th Ave
Denver, CO 80238
steve at fourreasonslegal.com<mailto:steve at fourreasonslegal.com>
720.937.6599

CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATION
Communication from this firm normally contains confidential and privileged material, and is for the sole use of the intended recipient.  Use or distribution by an unintended recipient is prohibited, and may be a violation of law. If you believe that you received this in error, please do not read it or any attachments.  Please delete the communication and its attachments, and any copies that may exist, and inform the sender that you have done so. Thank you.


-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://oppedahl-lists.com/pipermail/e-trademarks_oppedahl-lists.com/attachments/20231208/43411476/attachment.htm>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image001.png
Type: image/png
Size: 285 bytes
Desc: image001.png
URL: <http://oppedahl-lists.com/pipermail/e-trademarks_oppedahl-lists.com/attachments/20231208/43411476/attachment.png>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image002.png
Type: image/png
Size: 452 bytes
Desc: image002.png
URL: <http://oppedahl-lists.com/pipermail/e-trademarks_oppedahl-lists.com/attachments/20231208/43411476/attachment-0001.png>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image003.png
Type: image/png
Size: 394 bytes
Desc: image003.png
URL: <http://oppedahl-lists.com/pipermail/e-trademarks_oppedahl-lists.com/attachments/20231208/43411476/attachment-0002.png>