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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="color:black">From:
</span></b><span style="color:black">E-trademarks <e-trademarks-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com> on behalf of Terry Carroll via E-trademarks <e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, March 7, 2024 at 4:19 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>For trademark practitioners. This is not for laypersons to seek legal advice. <e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com><br>
<b>Cc: </b>Terry Carroll <carroll@tjc.com><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [E-trademarks] Spoofed calls - USPTO trademark assistance unit<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Or at least where they sleep at night....<br>
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On Thu, 7 Mar 2024, Jessica R. Friedman via E-trademarks wrote:<br>
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> At the end, did you ask them how they sleep at night, knowing that they are<br>
> spending their days scamming people? That?s what I do when I get calls from<br>
> ?Google Quality Control.? They hang up pretty quickly.<br>
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> Jessica R. Friedman<br>
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> Attorney at Law<br>
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> 300 East 59 Street, Ste. 2406<br>
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> New York, NY 10022<br>
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> Phone: 212-220-0900<br>
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> Cell: 917-647-1884<br>
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> E-mail: jrfriedman@litproplaw.com<br>
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> URL: <a href="http://www.literarypropertylaw.com">www.literarypropertylaw.com</a><br>
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> From: E-trademarks <e-trademarks-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com> on behalf of<br>
> Law Office via E-trademarks <e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com><br>
> Date: Thursday, March 7, 2024 at 3:11 PM<br>
> To: Carl Oppedahl <e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com><br>
> Cc: Law Office <mail@platz-ip.com><br>
> Subject: [E-trademarks] Spoofed calls - USPTO trademark assistance unit<br>
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> Dear all, <br>
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> I just got a call from the Spoof Spammer, claiming to be from the "trademark<br>
> verification unit," and decided to engage a bit. This group claimed that we<br>
> had to pay the Section 8 & 15 fee so that our trademark is valid for 14<br>
> years. AND they take Visa and Mastercard and would have given us a discount<br>
> on that fee, only charging $95 now. They kindly walked me through the USPTO<br>
> website to point me to the fees and recited all kinds of information from<br>
> the application. None made much sense to me, but it was cumbersome enough<br>
> that it could work with inexperienced or pro se applicants. <br>
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> Asking them questions about the process and what the fee was for, and making<br>
> them scramble was, admittedly, fun, and I figured I'd share it with the<br>
> group for those of you who want to share some more details with their<br>
> clients. <br>
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> Kind regards, <br>
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> Oliver <br>
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Terry Carroll<br>
carroll@tjc.com<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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