[E-trademarks] translation statements, statements regarding living individuals

[Carl Oppedahl]

The email that I quoted earlier today (from a high-up Trademark Office 
prson) says that one way to report design flaws in TC is to report them 
to "teas at uspto.gov".  So I plan to forward this design flaw there, with 
a bcc to the high-up person.

On 9/22/2025 1:00 PM, Russell Nugent via E-trademarks wrote:
> The new system does not display a negative response to the questions 
> about whether the mark has a translation or is the name of an 
> individual, but the applications cannot be filed without these 
> statements being made.  I have received two office actions in the past 
> week from Examiners that may not now (or care) that the system works 
> that way and are requiring me to provide that information again and 
> pay a surcharge.
>
> Are the rest of you entering these statements as miscellaneous 
> statements or doing something else to avoid this issue?  Has anyone 
> else gotten a lot of office actions like this?
>
> Russell D. Nugent
> Comprising IP
> 1213 Culbreth Dr, Ste 112
> Wilmington, NC 28405
> nugent at comprisingip.com (private)
> 910-550-3259 (private)
> contact at comprisingip.com
> 910-509-7131
>
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