- Posted on: Nov 11 2020
“I am the President of a newly organized company called, “The Institute for American Studies” (IFAS) based in Nashville, TN. We teach classes on The US Constitution in a road-show format in various communities throughout the country. We just began teaching in January 2020 and then the pandemic hit in March. A combination of Beginners Luck and Murphy’s Law…along with the rest of the globe.
The purpose of this is to commend and thank one (1) of your colleagues/associates, Daniel Davis. He did a stellar job in securing a trademark for IFAS.
We, via Daniel, applied for a trademark with the USPTO are were initially declined (rejected) based on the generic nature of the name, “Institute for American Studies.” Pretty generic, I agree. Daniel basically said, “never fear, we’ll file an appeal and I feel fairly confident we can get the trademark.” I did not share his confidence but did not voice my underlying concern at the time. I thought to myself, “not going to happen.”
Lo and behold…we received the trademark on 9/15/20! Success! A victory/win in 2020! (they’re so rare in 2020!)
I simply want you to be aware one of “your team” did a terrific job in helping us and we are beyond appreciative.
Jim “X” Lucas
President,