[E-trademarks] [EXT] Re: Letter of Protest: anonymous?

Wed Apr 10 16:41:48 EDT 2024

1715.06    Requests for Copy of Letter of Protest

Any party who wishes to request a copy of a letter of protest may do so by
sending an email to FOIARequests at uspto.gov.

Upon review of the request, the Deputy Commissioner will usually forward a
copy of the letter of protest and its attachment to the requester, subject
to any exemptions from the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) or other
applicable regulations.  If, in the opinion of the Deputy Commissioner, any
part of the letter of protest or its attachments should be exempt from
disclosure under FOIA, the matter will be forwarded to the Office of
General Counsel of the USPTO for further review.

Sincerely,

Ed Timberlake
*Board Certified Specialist in Trademark Law
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On Wed, Apr 10, 2024 at 3:55 PM Alex Butterman via E-trademarks <
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> That’s a good question. I have a fed government agency client that figured
> their Letters of Protest could be discovered by a FOIA request.
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> *Subject:* [EXT] Re: [E-trademarks] Letter of Protest: anonymous?
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> True, but is it possible you can file a FOIA request to get the original
> letter?
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> On Apr 10, 2024, at 8:04 AM, Michael Brown via E-trademarks <
> e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com> wrote:
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> The Letter of Protest does not get sent to the applicant, nor is it part
> of the TSDR record. However, if approved, a memorandum from the Office of
> the Deputy Commissioner to the Examining Attorney with the relevant
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> The Letter of Protest does not get sent to the applicant, nor is it part
> of the TSDR record. However, if approved, a memorandum from the Office of
> the Deputy Commissioner to the Examining Attorney with the relevant
> information for consideration is part of the TSDR record, so if there is
> information that would identify the Protestor, that might give it away.
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> If you are interested, contact me off list, and I can point you to a case
> or two where I had LoPs accepted.
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> On Wed, Apr 10, 2024 at 3:05 AM Judith S via E-trademarks <
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> Hi All,
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> I have a small client who is contemplating filing a Letter of Protest
> against a larger competitor who filed a trademark for a term they consider
> generic or descriptive of the technology they use.
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> They are concerned that if they are identified as the "Protestor" there
> might be retaliation.
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> The "Name of Protestor" field instruction says "Enter the full legal name
> of the entity objecting to the registration of a mark in a pending
> application, i.e., the name of the individual, corporation, partnership, or
> other entity that is protesting registration of a mark, NOT the person or
> firm completing the Letter of Protest."
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> Could we use the name of the in-house attorney who is initiating the
> objection or some other name?
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> Thanks for any insight.
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> Judith
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