[E-trademarks] [EXT] Re: Trademark Employee Exodus? No Evidence So Far
Carl Oppedahl
carl at oppedahl.com
Thu Feb 13 21:21:42 UTC 2025
I wonder if some Managers might ask to be demoted to Examining Attorney
so that they can continue working from home.
On 2/13/2025 2:01 PM, Alex Butterman wrote:
>
> I spoke to a TTAB Judge over the weekend that I am friends with and
> she told me that the unions have protected the work at home status for
> all its members, which is basically everyone not a Manager or in an
> appointed position (which includes judges), i.e. examiners, interlock
> attorneys and paralegals. So if anyone wants to quit because they can
> no longer work at home, it likely will be the Managers.
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> *From:*E-trademarks <e-trademarks-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com> *On
> Behalf Of *Carl Oppedahl via E-trademarks
> *Sent:* Thursday, February 13, 2025 3:38 PM
> *To:* For trademark practitioners. This is not for laypersons to seek
> legal advice. <e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com>
> *Cc:* Carl Oppedahl <carl at oppedahl.com>
> *Subject:* [EXT] Re: [E-trademarks] Trademark Employee Exodus? No
> Evidence So Far
>
> Thank you for posting. It will be very interesting to see how this
> changes over the next few months.
>
> On 2/13/2025 1:09 PM, Ken Boone via E-trademarks wrote:
>
> Pardon me for reviving (briefly) an ugly topic, but ...
>
> On 29 Jan, I exported from the USPTO's employee locator all the L
> offices (which were primarily the Trademark Law Offices). Today, I
> understand the /Fork in the Road/ is closed - that federal
> employees can no longer accept the deferred retirement proposed by
> the new administration, so I repeated the export performed on 29
> Jan. Below is a summary of current L office employee counts.
> Only a few changes are noted, but who knows what a similar check
> performed next week might show? (A positive change means an
> increase of employees; a negative change means a decrease of
> employees. Protecting privacy, I'm not interested in checking
> actual names for changes.)
>
> Good news so far, as I see only a net loss of 1 employee for all
> trademark L offices (that is, so far, there is no evidence of mass
> exits by the deferred retirement offer among the Trademark Law
> Offices, but this is an early look at the data).
>
> *2/13 Counts*
>
>
>
>
> Office
>
>
>
>
>
> Office Description
>
>
>
>
>
> *Change*
>
> 16
>
>
>
>
> T/LL
>
>
>
>
> TRADEMARK LAW LIBRARY
>
>
>
>
> 30
>
>
>
>
> T/LO101
>
>
>
>
> LAW OFFICE 101
>
>
>
>
> 15
>
>
>
>
> T/LO102
>
>
>
>
> LAW OFFICE 102
>
>
>
>
> 29
>
>
>
>
> T/LO103
>
>
>
>
> LAW OFFICE 103
>
>
>
>
> 27
>
>
>
>
> T/LO104
>
>
>
>
> LAW OFFICE 104
>
>
>
>
> 26
>
>
>
>
> T/LO105
>
>
>
>
> LAW OFFICE 105
>
>
>
>
> 1
>
> 29
>
>
>
>
> T/LO106
>
>
>
>
> LAW OFFICE 106
>
>
>
>
> 28
>
>
>
>
> T/LO107
>
>
>
>
> LAW OFFICE 107
>
>
>
>
> 29
>
>
>
>
> T/LO108
>
>
>
>
> LAW OFFICE 108
>
>
>
>
> 31
>
>
>
>
> T/LO109
>
>
>
>
> LAW OFFICE 109
>
>
>
>
> 29
>
>
>
>
> T/LO110
>
>
>
>
> LAW OFFICE 110
>
>
>
>
> 25
>
>
>
>
> T/LO111
>
>
>
>
> LAW OFFICE 111
>
>
>
>
> 29
>
>
>
>
> T/LO112
>
>
>
>
> LAW OFFICE 112
>
>
>
>
> 23
>
>
>
>
> T/LO113
>
>
>
>
> LAW OFFICE 113
>
>
>
>
> 25
>
>
>
>
> T/LO114
>
>
>
>
> LAW OFFICE 114
>
>
>
>
> 27
>
>
>
>
> T/LO115
>
>
>
>
> LAW OFFICE 115
>
>
>
>
> -1
>
> 29
>
>
>
>
> T/LO116
>
>
>
>
> LAW OFFICE 116
>
>
>
>
> 27
>
>
>
>
> T/LO117
>
>
>
>
> LAW OFFICE 117
>
>
>
>
> 15
>
>
>
>
> T/LO118
>
>
>
>
> LAW OFFICE 118
>
>
>
>
> 15
>
>
>
>
> T/LO119
>
>
>
>
> LAW OFFICE 119
>
>
>
>
> 28
>
>
>
>
> T/LO120
>
>
>
>
> LAW OFFICE 120
>
>
>
>
> 26
>
>
>
>
> T/LO121
>
>
>
>
> LAW OFFICE 121
>
>
>
>
> 24
>
>
>
>
> T/LO122
>
>
>
>
> LAW OFFICE 122
>
>
>
>
> 27
>
>
>
>
> T/LO123
>
>
>
>
> LAW OFFICE 123
>
>
>
>
> 14
>
>
>
>
> T/LO124
>
>
>
>
> LAW OFFICE 124
>
>
>
>
> 29
>
>
>
>
> T/LO125
>
>
>
>
> LAW OFFICE 125
>
>
>
>
> -1
>
> 30
>
>
>
>
> T/LO126
>
>
>
>
> LAW OFFICE 126
>
>
>
>
> 1
>
> 27
>
>
>
>
> T/LO127
>
>
>
>
> LAW OFFICE 127
>
>
>
>
> 30
>
>
>
>
> T/LO128
>
>
>
>
> LAW OFFICE 128
>
>
>
>
> 28
>
>
>
>
> T/LO129
>
>
>
>
> LAW OFFICE 129
>
>
>
>
> 17
>
>
>
>
> T/LO130
>
>
>
>
> LAW OFFICE 130
>
>
>
>
> 15
>
>
>
>
> T/LO131
>
>
>
>
> LAW OFFICE 131
>
>
>
>
> 14
>
>
>
>
> T/LO132
>
>
>
>
> LAW OFFICE 132
>
>
>
>
> 16
>
>
>
>
> T/LO133
>
>
>
>
> LAW OFFICE 133
>
>
>
>
> 2
>
>
>
>
> T/LO300
>
>
>
>
> LAW OFFICE 300
>
>
>
>
> 17
>
>
>
>
> T/LO301
>
>
>
>
> LAW OFFICE 301
>
>
>
>
> 16
>
>
>
>
> T/LO302
>
>
>
>
> LAW OFFICE 302
>
>
>
>
> 17
>
>
>
>
> T/LO303
>
>
>
>
> LAW OFFICE 303
>
>
>
>
> 17
>
>
>
>
> T/LO304
>
>
>
>
> LAW OFFICE 304
>
>
>
>
> 10
>
>
>
>
> T/LO800
>
>
>
>
> LAW OFFICE 800
>
>
>
>
> 13
>
>
>
>
> T/LP
>
>
>
>
> LEGAL POLICY OFFICE
>
>
>
>
> -1
>
> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%,
>
> Ken Boone
>
> PS - UDUPA VAISHALI is still shown as COMMISSIONER FOR PATENTS.
>
>
>
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