<div dir="ltr">To Kevin's point, I am quite blunt: "<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:"Segoe UI",Tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:12px">These [letters etc.] are virtually all fraudulent; please send them to me for review. Anything costing you money should be coming from me (that sounds terrible I know, but these solicitations are really out of hand).</span>"<div>And then I thank them when they send me an email or letter to review. (And don't send a bill.)<div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:small">Tim Ackermann</div><div style="font-size:small">The Ackermann Law Firm</div><p><font face="verdana, sans-serif" size="1"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">E: <a href="mailto:tim@ackermannlaw.com" target="_blank">tim@ackermannlaw.com</a></span><br><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">P: 817.305.0690</span><br>
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<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"> Grapevine TX 76051</span></font></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Apr 19, 2024 at 3:02 PM Kevin Grierson via E-trademarks <<a href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com">e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-1550483701802386377">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sadly, there seems to be a new variation or scam on a regular basis. This particular scam seems derived from the Chinese .cn domain name scams using the same idea—somebody else wanted to buy this domain, but we looked and it’s your name,
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with us before paying it.” I make it a point of telling them I don’t charge to look over the scam email, letter, etc. so they don’t feel caught between paying the scammer or paying me.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Kathryn A Porter via E-trademarks<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, April 19, 2024 3:26 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> For trademark practitioners. This is not for laypersons to seek legal advice. <<a href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank">e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Kathryn A Porter <<a href="mailto:kap@kporterlaw.com" target="_blank">kap@kporterlaw.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [E-trademarks] Trademark Rising<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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