[E-trademarks] Recording assignment with redactions

[Laura Geyer]

In the pileon, I have sometimes filed as little as


  1.  First page with everything blacked out instead of the parties, some of the whereas-es, and the granting language.
  2.  The signature page
  3.  The trademark schedule

That’s it!

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From: E-trademarks <e-trademarks-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com> On Behalf Of David Boundy via E-trademarks
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Redact away as liberally as you like.  Select pages.  Black out all but the transfer itself.  Remember that recordation is only about notice, it's not the legally effective transfer.  That's why the short form recordation works.   There's nothing different here.

On Wed, Oct 16, 2024, 4:56 PM Robert Reynolds via E-trademarks <e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com<mailto:e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com>> wrote:
Afternoon, all.

                Got a situation where we represent a transferee who bought a few trademarks from another company many years ago. The proprietor has died and the company has been dissolved by its state of formation. The transfer document doesn’t have the typical schedule made for submission with the USPTO that omits the sensitive information that the general public needn’t see, and there’s no one left to sign a new recordation document referencing the original transfer agreement.

I’d like to avoid submitting the entirety of the transfer agreement, if possible. My initial thought was light redactions to the most sensitive information, but I’m not finding guidance in TMEP §500 if this is allowed. Anyone handle a similar situation in the past?

Bob Reynolds
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