[E-trademarks] Chain of Title Fun

[Nancy Prager]

I feel like I have had this exact scenario happen at some point in my career. 

I would File the Section 7, have the assignment executed and ready to go when the correction has been made. 

So Option 1. 

best,

Nancy     On Friday, January 31, 2025 at 01:43:41 PM EST, Montgomery, Alexander P. via E-trademarks <e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com> wrote:  
 
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Client was assigned a mark after it registered. Assignor, due to an inadvertent error, misspelled the applicant’s name in the original application, so the registration was issued to a non-existent entity.
 
  
 
To fix this, would you:
 
  
 
1)     File a Section 7 to fix the error in the registrant’s name (which should be permissible according to TMEP 1201.02(c)), then record the assignment; OR
 
  
 
2)     Record the assignment, then file the Section 7 to fix the error in the registrant’s name?
 
  
 
My holdup is that only the owner of the registration may file a Section 7.
 
  
 
Here, client owns the registration by way of the assignment (as we all know the assignment, not the recordation, effectuates the transfer), but the USPTO doesn’t know that unless the assignment is recorded. Notwithstanding because our client owns the registration by way of the assignment, I’m leaning towards Option 1.
 
  
 
Thoughts?
 
  
 
Alexander P. Montgomery
Partner
 
Hinckley Allen
28 State Street
Boston, MA 02109-1775 
p: 617-378-4366 |  f: 617-345-9020
amontgomery at hinckleyallen.com
 
  
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