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

[Michael Brown]

Russell,

I have been putting various negative statements into the miscellaneous
field for the express purpose of trying to avoid my clients from being hit
with a surcharge fee. I've seen too many instances of a random translation
from a not completely obscure dialect or language being forced into the
record, despite having nothing to do with the applicant, mark or
relevant goods or services.

Best regards,
Michael

Michael Brown
Michael J Brown Law Office
354 Eisenhower Parkway
Plaza I, 2nd Floor, Suite 2025
Livingston, NJ  07039
michaeljbrownlaw at gmail.com
michael at mjbrownlaw.com
www.mjbrownlaw.com
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On Mon, Sep 22, 2025 at 3:01 PM Russell Nugent via E-trademarks <
e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com> 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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