[E-trademarks] Trademark Examination Vent: How does this even happen?

Thu May 9 12:51:33 EDT 2024

The office policy is to assign all (of at least some) applications from the same applicant to one examining attorney for efficiency. So this happens sometimes.

Susan L. Crane
Group Vice President, Legal
Intellectual Property, Brands & Marketing

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc.
22 Sylvan Way
Parsippany, NJ 07054
O (973) 753-6455
M (973) 879-3420
Susan.Crane at wyndham.Com

On May 9, 2024, at 12:07 PM, Leesa N. Weiss via E-trademarks <e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com> wrote:

Susan, You hit on something! This is an individual applicant, a Chinese citizen. They (he/she?) have 11 pending applications, some filed in 2023 and taking the normal course of action. (Note: all of the marks are for goods all over the place;
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Susan,

You hit on something! This is an individual applicant, a Chinese citizen. They (he/she?) have 11 pending applications, some filed in 2023 and taking the normal course of action. (Note: all of the marks are for goods all over the place; the marks are mostly unpronounceable combinations of consonants with a few vowels here and there.)

But, I did note one of the applications was filed right around the time of the one I’m complaining of, was assigned to the same examiner, and also has been published for opposition. The goods in this application are very far afield from the ones in the application I’m concerned about. (Filed March 8, 2024 and published April 30, 2024)

I’d like to know how these two applications jumped the line and landed with the same examiner?

I wish we could get paid for this type of aggravation!

Thanks!

Leesa N. Weiss
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Does the applicant have other marks that were filed 9 months ago – they may have gotten incredibly lucky in a same owner sweep.

Susan L. Crane
Group Vice President, Legal
Intellectual Property, Brands & Marketing

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc.
22 Sylvan Way
Parsippany, NJ 07054
O (973) 753-6455
M (973) 879-3420
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Subject: Re: [E-trademarks] Trademark Examination Vent: How does this even happen?

Wow - 20 days to Approved! On Thu, May 9, 2024, 10: 07 Leesa N. Weiss via E-trademarks <e-trademarks@ oppedahl-lists. com> wrote: This morning, one of the watch services with which one of my client’s trademarks is listed sent me a notice
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On Thu, May 9, 2024, 10:07 Leesa N. Weiss via E-trademarks <e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com<mailto:e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com>> wrote:
This morning, one of the watch services with which one of my client’s trademarks is listed sent me a notice of a U.S. application published for opposition at the end of April. It’s a use-based application filed under Section 1(a) utilizing TEASPlus; the 23 goods identified within the single class do not fit neatly into one category. The specimen is definitely suspect: a print out from a questionable online website from which one of the products allegedly was purchased and depicts what appears to be a photograph of a product on which the subject trademark appears to be photoshopped and misspelled!

The TSDR file history is as follows (note the dates!):

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As of this morning, the status dates for new applications being reached for examination reads:

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Apart from having to file an opposition to which the applicant likely will not answer, is there an office or individual to whom one can complain at the PTO regarding these issues? My client’s mark and the published mark, both in the same class and identify a number of the same goods, differ by a single letter.

Vent over and, if you’ve read this far, thank you.

Leesa

Leesa N. Weiss
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