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

[Dale Quisenberry]

Thanks for sharing that, Michael.

What types of negative statements do you use?

Dale

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From: E-trademarks <e-trademarks-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com> on behalf of Michael Brown via E-trademarks <e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com>
Date: Monday, 22 September 2025 at 3:28 pm
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Cc: Michael Brown <michaeljbrownlaw at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [E-trademarks] translation statements, statements regarding living individuals
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.

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Michael

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On Mon, Sep 22, 2025 at 3:01 PM Russell Nugent via E-trademarks <e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com<mailto: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?

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