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

[Carl Oppedahl]

Why exactly do you need to use the VPN?  See 
https://blog.oppedahl.com/getting-a-vpn/ .

Why not self-host the VPN?  Then the WAN IP address will be a guaranteed 
safe IP address.  The USPTO will never be able to figure out that it is 
a VPN connection.  See 
https://blog.oppedahl.com/making-your-office-vpn-situation-faster-and-easier-to-use/ 
.


On 12/8/2023 8:46 AM, Steve Zemanick via E-trademarks wrote:
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> 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
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