[E-trademarks] time for people to pledge (was Re: CAFC handed down its opinion in In re Chestek today.)

[Carl Oppedahl]

Heather's right on all of this.

Of course it would be helpful to have promises to file amicus briefs.  
But that's not what's needed now.  What's needed now is people putting 
their money where their mouth is.  Without that, there is no way that 
Pam would be able to proceed.

I haven't cleared this with Pam, but my guess is she will not object.  I 
have set up a Google Form that will permit people to make pledges. /*You 
can see it here 
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfJKXeXfrg_G40wiedbZvAhB-lIS_d33QUEKTILa63q4Quybw/viewform?usp=sf_link>.*/ 
Either you can pledge by the closing date, or you can fail to pledge by 
the closing date.  If the /*pledge goal*/ is reached by the /*closing 
date*/, you will be expected to send your money without delay to 
wherever Pam says the money needs to go.

Here is what you will see if you click on the link.

    This form permits you to pledge to contribute to the costs for
    filing a petition for a rehearing en banc in the Federal Circuit
    appeal  in In re Chestek PLLC.

    I am imposing my judgment right now that the pledge goal will be
    $35K.  In coming days I might hear from Pam that she feels the
    pledge goal needs to be a different amount, and if so, I will
    proceed using /*her amount*/.

    I am imposing my judgment right now that the closing date for the
    pledge drive will be seven days from now, that is, Friday, February
    23, 2024.   In coming days I might hear from Pam that she feels the
    closing date needs to be a different date, and if so, I will proceed
    using /*her closing date*/.

     From time to time between now and the closing date I will post an
    intermediate pledge result.  If and when the total pledge reaches
    the pledge goal, I will announce this event.  Please realize that if
    we do reach the pledge total, many people will be relying on you to
    forward the funds essentially instantly.

    /*Your privacy. */You will be entering your name and email and a
    pledge amount in the form below.  Between now and the closing date I
    will keep the names and emails in confidence, not sharing them
    beyond Pam and whoever she might authorize me to share them with. 
    If we do reach the pledge goal by the closing date, then I will
    follow Pam's guidance as to what to do with names and emails.

Note that I am not saying anything about what exactly would happen to 
your money if you send it.  That's up to Pam and you need to trust her 
if you send it.  I trust her.  Surely you do too.

Carl

On 2/16/2024 5:28 AM, Heather Vargas via E-trademarks wrote:
>
> My recollection is that when Pam decided to do this, a bunch of us 
> piped up and said we would contribute, but it sounds like we did not 
> follow through.  I would submit that rather than general statements of 
> support, we either “pledge” a specific amount that Pam or her proxy 
> can come ask us to fulfill, or we set up a fund and Pam can decide 
> when day zero to file the motion hits, if we put our money where our 
> mouths are.
>
>
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