Subject: FW: Intro to Versant! And More Important Details
From: Guillermo Lopez <[email-masked]>
To: Isis Echeverria <[email-masked]>
Cc: Paula Alfaro <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 19:28:57 +0000

Isis, por fa carga las marcas que falten y actualiza el contacto en galena, ahora es versant y Yasmin

Cualquier duda por fa avísame.

Las de internacional tambien cargar

Guillermo A. López Z.
Attorney at Law
Bolet & Terrero | Caracas, Venezuela
Tel +58 212 750 3000 | [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]> | www.byt.com.ve<http://www.byt.com.ve>

From: Guillermo Lopez <[email-masked]>
Date: Thursday, February 19, 2026 at 3:27 PM
To: Yazmin Curiel-Ruth <[email-masked]>, Paula Alfaro <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Intro to Versant! And More Important Details

Dear Yazmín,

Thank you for your email.

Please find attached an Excel chart reflecting the current status of the matters we are currently handling. As you will note, there are two trademarks (highlighted in yellow for “E”) that remain recorded in the name of UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS LLC.

We confirm that we are currently handling the matters listed in the attached chart and, based on our records, there are no additional matters under our management at this time.

We remain at your disposal should you need any further information.

Best regards,
Guillermo

Guillermo A. López Z.
Attorney at Law
Bolet & Terrero | Caracas, Venezuela
Tel +58 212 750 3000 | [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]> | www.byt.com.ve<http://www.byt.com.ve>

From: Yazmin Curiel-Ruth <[email-masked]>
Date: Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 9:40 PM
To: Guillermo Lopez <[email-masked]>, Paula Alfaro <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Intro to Versant! And More Important Details

Dear Guillermo,

Following up on our last email, we have attached a list of trademark matters that have been transferred over to Versant and that we understand your firm is currently handling. Please review the list and (1) confirm that you are indeed currently managing the marks on this list and (2) let us know if there are additional matters you are currently managing for Versant businesses that should be added.

We look forward to your reply. Thank you!

All the best,

Yazmín Curiel-Ruth (she/her)

Trademark Analyst

100 Universal City Plaza

Universal City, CA 91608

[email-masked]

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From: Guillermo Lopez <[email-masked]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 6, 2026 7:01 AM
To: Curiel-Ruth, Yazmin <[email-masked]>; Paula Alfaro <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Intro to Versant! And More Important Details

Dear Yazmin,

Thank you for your email.

We confirm safe receipt of your correspondence and take note of the transition effective January 2, 2026, as well as the related guidelines, contacts, and billing instructions.

We will align our communications and workflows accordingly and look forward to receiving your further instructions.

We look forward to working with you and the rest of the team.

Best regards,

Guillermo

Guillermo A. López Z.

Attorney at Law

Bolet & Terrero | Caracas, Venezuela
Tel +58 212 750 3000 | [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]> | www.byt.com.ve<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.byt.com.ve__;!!HqJSLGM!qL9Eff7i4S4UyoqYOU59UmaKVQwJfvTs3LYxpazYmlkaHe8F5VBmjVtOtYIl6uqSzniewS5_krc1aEpdyPIYhr2IUXU$>

From: "Curiel-Ruth, Yazmin" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thursday, December 18, 2025 at 6:47 PM
To: Paula Alfaro <[email-masked]>, Guillermo Lopez <[email-masked]>
Subject: Intro to Versant! And More Important Details

Dear Bolet & Terrero,

We have some exciting news!  Effective January 2, 2026, eleven businesses and their assets will transition from NBCUniversal and Comcast to form a new publicly-traded company named Versant (pronounced Verse-ent). We are incredibly excited for the rare opportunity to build a new IP team and support the business.  Part of our mission is to protect Versant’s existing brands and launch new ones, and we are delighted to partner with you on that.  We are a new team, with new processes and workflows that are unproven and will undoubtedly have gaps.  We appreciate your patience as we build our practice and learn how best to work with you.

This overview will inform you more about the Versant-related matters you will be handling, as well as getting set up as a Versant-approved law firm and providing important process and correspondent information.  Please read it carefully and let us know if you have any questions.

  1.  Spin Information: Effective January 2, 2026, eleven businesses will “spin” or transition from NBCUniversal and Comcast to the new publicly-traded company, Versant Media Group, Inc. Its trademark assets will be owned by Versant Media, LLC as of January 2.  NBCUniversal will no longer own or control those assets. We will provide a chart of the Versant-related trademarks that you are handling in a follow-up email, but for now, note that the trademarks from the following entities will become part of Versant:

     *   E! Entertainment Television, LLC

     *   Fandango Media, LLC (including Rotten Tomatoes)

     *   The Golf Channel (TGC, LLC)

     *   GolfNow (GOLFNOW, LLC)

     *   Oxygen (O2 Holdings, LLC)

     *   MS NOW Cable LLC (formerly MSNBC Cable LLC)

     *   SportsEngine, LLC

     *   Trademarks from the businesses SYFY, USA Network, and CNBC* are being assigned to Versant Media, LLC from NBCU-retained entities (NBCUniversal Media, LLC, Universal Television Networks, LLC, Universal City Studios, LLC).  The NBCU team has or will contact you regarding these specific assignments from NBCU entities to Versant Media, LLC

        *   *Note re CNBC: NBCU will continue to retain ownership of all marks that contain “NBC”, “UNIVERSAL”, or the Peacock logo.  This includes “CNBC.”  CNBC will continue to operate under that name for Versant via a license from NBCU, but note that “CNBC” house marks will continue to be owned by and instructed on by the NBCU team.  Other CNBC business marks that do not include “CNBC” (such as a show title) will be owned by Versant.

After the spin on January 2, 2026, your client for all matters involving trademarks from these entities will be Versant Media, LLC, and not NBCUniversal or its affiliates (noting the CNBC exception above).  This change does not affect any other work you handle for NBCUniversal or its affiliates; those engagements will continue under existing terms.

  1.  Outside Counsel Guidelines: Starting in the new year, all legal work for the entities listed above will be managed under Versant’s Outside Counsel Policies and Procedures (dated November 1, 2025). A copy of these guidelines is attached for your reference. Please review and familiarize yourself with these Policies.

  1.  US Outside Counsel and Correspondence: We are very excited to have engaged Coates IP<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.coatesip.com/__;!!HqJSLGM!qL9Eff7i4S4UyoqYOU59UmaKVQwJfvTs3LYxpazYmlkaHe8F5VBmjVtOtYIl6uqSzniewS5_krc1aEpdyPIY-rL2f1w$> to manage Versant’s trademark portfolio. Steve Coates and his team will serve as your primary point of contact for all substantive trademark matters that you are handling, including filings, renewals, enforcement/disputes, and portfolio strategy, and they will coordinate directly with you to ensure consistency across jurisdictions. Starting in January, please include the following contacts in correspondence related to your Versant trademark matters:

[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>

[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]> (Dianne Tibbs Johnson)

[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]> (Alli Pawlenty)

[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]> (enforcement actions only) (Steve Coates)

  1.  Trademark Centralization Project: Versant has also engaged Monica Richman and Mary Mathew from Dentons US to manage a one-time project to centralize its trademarks into two entities: Versant Media, LLC and Fandango Media, LLC. Dentons may be reaching out to you to help perfect and execute assignments or name changes for this important project.  We expect you to handle these changes in the most cost-efficient and timely manner. Assuming all goes smoothly, we intend to have your firm continue managing these registrations and new filings for Versant in your country after the recordation process is complete. All costs associated with this centralization project should be submitted to Dentons US for processing and payment. Please note that this project is separate from the daily work with Coates IP, and make sure to copy Yazmín on all correspondence related to this project.

  1.  Billing Instructions:

a.        For any unbilled work that you have performed on Versant-related trademark matters, please submit your invoices by 5pm Pacific time, December 19, 2025 via your usual NBCU/Anaqua billing process (or Tymetrix if you use that) if you have not already done so.

b.       If you are unable to meet the December 19th deadline, you will experience significant delays in receiving payment. However, if you do have remaining unbilled work or work that you anticipate billing for Versant trademark matters through December 31, 2025, please provide an estimate of those costs, so that we can accrue. Please submit those hour estimates to [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]> by no later than 12:00pm Pacific time, December 22, 2025. Apologies for any rush or inconvenience.

c.       Starting in January 2026, please address your Versant-related trademark invoices to Coates IP at the address below and email them to [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>.

    Coates IP

    3057 Nutley St. #801

    Fairfax, VA 22031

d.       As we get set up and our systems and processes in place, you will likely experience delays in payments of your initial bills early next year.  We ask for your patience.

We are excited to work with your firm and thank you for your partnership during this transition!

Sincerely,

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