<div dir="ltr">And... it gets worse.<div> At the same time the USPTO notified me, it also notified (at least) one of my clients. This was a client whose required chosen email address is one that goes to them. <div>I, of course, have no idea my client got this information (until asked about it).</div><div> This is a pending application. Why would a client have received any communication from the USPTO on this? I am counsel of record; I filed the application and thus am 'recognized' under R. 2.17(b). I am the only correspondent. The USPTO should not have contacted the client directly, because the USPTO is required by Rule 2.18 to "only" correspond with that attorney except under circumstances that do not apply (e.g. recognition is improper or has ended). </div><div> Or am I missing something here? </div><div> Sincerely, <br></div><div><div><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>
<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">F: 214.453.0810</span><br>
<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">W: <a href="http://ackermannlaw.com" target="_blank">ackermannlaw.com</a></span><br>
<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">O: 1701 W. Northwest Hwy. Ste. 100</span><br>
<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></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, May 7, 2024 at 1:30 PM Tim Ackermann <<a href="mailto:tim@ackermannlaw.com">tim@ackermannlaw.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 dir="ltr">FYI - the Office disclosed domicile information (again, I think). Then it says this:<br><div style="font-size:16px"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex" class="gmail_quote"><span style="line-height:1.4">You are receiving this notice because your email address is listed as the contact for the trademark owner in at least one of these applications.</span><span style="line-height:1.4"> </span><span style="line-height:1.4">There is no action you need to take with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), but in the interest of full transparency, we are bringing this matter to your attention.</span><span style="line-height:1.4"> </span></blockquote></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:small"> "Full transparency" evidently does not include telling me WHOSE domicile information the Office failed to protect.</div><div style="font-size:small">Tim</div><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>
<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">F: 214.453.0810</span><br>
<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">W: <a href="http://ackermannlaw.com" target="_blank">ackermannlaw.com</a></span><br>
<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial">O: 1701 W. Northwest Hwy. Ste. 100</span><br>
<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><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">U.S. Patent and Trademark Office</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:subscriptioncenter@subscriptions.uspto.gov" target="_blank">subscriptioncenter@subscriptions.uspto.gov</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, May 7, 2024 at 1:16 PM<br>Subject: Notice of Data Security Incident<br>To: <br></div><br><br><div><u></u>
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<p style="line-height:1.4;font-family:calibri,candara,segoe,optima,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:left;margin:0px 0px 15px" align="left"><span style="line-height:1.4">We recently identified a data security incident that impacted domicile information in certain trademark application data made available between August 23, 2023, and April 19, 2024. You are receiving this notice because your email address is listed as the contact for the trademark owner in at least one of these applications.</span><span style="line-height:1.4"> </span></p>
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<h3 style="line-height:1.2;font-family:calibri,candara,segoe,optima,arial,sans-serif;font-size:17px;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:left;margin:0px 0px 10px" align="left"><span><span lang="EN-US"><span>What happened and what information was involved?</span></span><span> </span></span></h3>
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<p style="line-height:1.4;font-family:calibri,candara,segoe,optima,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:left;margin:0px 0px 15px" align="left"><span style="line-height:1.4">U.S. trademark law requires applicants to include their domicile addresses in trademark applications. This helps us determine if applicants are required to hire a U.S.-licensed attorney to represent them before our agency (called the </span><a href="https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDEsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnVzcHRvLmdvdi90cmFkZW1hcmtzL2xhd3MvdHJhZGVtYXJrLXJ1bGUtcmVxdWlyZXMtZm9yZWlnbi1hcHBsaWNhbnRzLWFuZC1yZWdpc3RyYW50cy1oYXZlLXVzP3V0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1zdWJzY3JpcHRpb25jZW50ZXImdXRtX2NvbnRlbnQ9JnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX25hbWU9JnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9Z292ZGVsaXZlcnkmdXRtX3Rlcm09IiwiYnVsbGV0aW5faWQiOiIyMDI0MDUwNy45NDQ0NDU0MSJ9.58SI_D6d9vFd-QBeOLn3g5kVWrR0AzgNl590e31YpOU/s/3003983680/br/242027980700-l" rel="noopener" style="color:rgb(0,0,238)" target="_blank"><span style="line-height:1.4"><span style="line-height:1.4">U.S. counsel rule</span></span></a><span style="line-height:1.4">). The U.S. counsel rule is an important tool in combatting fraudulent trademark filing activity.</span><span style="line-height:1.4"> </span></p>
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<p style="line-height:1.4;font-family:calibri,candara,segoe,optima,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:left;margin:0px 0px 15px" align="left"><span style="line-height:1.4">At no point were the impacted domicile addresses visible when users searched trademark records through our search system or our trademark documents database.</span><span style="line-height:1.4"> </span></p>
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<p style="line-height:1.4;font-family:calibri,candara,segoe,optima,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:left;margin:0px 0px 15px" align="left"><span style="line-height:1.4">Importantly, this incident was not the result of malicious activity, and we have no reason to believe that your domicile information has been misused. Nevertheless, we take all data security concerns seriously, and we’ve implemented corrective measures. </span><span style="line-height:1.4"> </span></p>
<h3 style="line-height:1.2;font-family:calibri,candara,segoe,optima,arial,sans-serif;font-size:17px;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:left;margin:0px 0px 10px" align="left"><span><span lang="EN-US"><span>How we address</span><span>ed</span><span> the issue</span></span><span> </span></span></h3>
<p style="line-height:1.4;font-family:calibri,candara,segoe,optima,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:left;margin:0px 0px 15px" align="left"><span style="line-height:1.4"><span style="line-height:1.4"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:1.4"><span style="line-height:1.4">When we discovered the issue, we </span><span style="line-height:1.4">blocked access to</span><span style="line-height:1.4"> the impacted bulk </span><span style="line-height:1.4">data </span><span style="line-height:1.4">set</span><span style="line-height:1.4">, removed files,</span><span style="line-height:1.4"> implemented </span><span style="line-height:1.4">a patch to fix the exposure,</span><span style="line-height:1.4"> tested our solution, and re-enabled </span><span style="line-height:1.4">access.</span></span><span style="line-height:1.4"> </span></span></span></p>
<h3 style="line-height:1.2;font-family:calibri,candara,segoe,optima,arial,sans-serif;font-size:17px;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:left;margin:0px 0px 10px" align="left"><span><span><span><span lang="EN-US"><span>Moving forward</span></span><span> </span></span></span></span></h3>
<p style="line-height:1.4;font-family:calibri,candara,segoe,optima,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:left;margin:0px 0px 15px" align="left"><span style="line-height:1.4"><span style="line-height:1.4"><span style="line-height:1.4"><span style="line-height:1.4"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:1.4"><span style="line-height:1.4">We’</span><span style="line-height:1.4">re</span><span style="line-height:1.4"> committed to </span><span style="line-height:1.4">data security and </span><span style="line-height:1.4">are</span><span style="line-height:1.4"> tak</span><span style="line-height:1.4">ing</span><span style="line-height:1.4"> steps to prevent incidents like this from </span><span style="line-height:1.4">happening in the future</span><span style="line-height:1.4">. </span><span style="line-height:1.4">We </span><span style="line-height:1.4">sincerely regret</span><span style="line-height:1.4"> this error and are</span> <span style="line-height:1.4">updating</span><span style="line-height:1.4"> our process for creating and publishing bulk data files</span><span style="line-height:1.4">. </span><span style="line-height:1.4">Additional</span><span style="line-height:1.4"> testing, spot checks, and process improvements will help us ensure</span><span style="line-height:1.4"> domicile addresses in the </span><span style="line-height:1.4">bulk data</span> <span style="line-height:1.4">are</span> <span style="line-height:1.4">properly mas</span><span style="line-height:1.4">ked going forward</span><span style="line-height:1.4">.</span><span style="line-height:1.4"> </span><span style="line-height:1.4"> </span></span><span style="line-height:1.4"> </span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:1.4;font-family:calibri,candara,segoe,optima,arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:left;margin:0px 0px 15px" align="left"><span style="line-height:1.4"><span style="line-height:1.4"><span style="line-height:1.4"><span style="line-height:1.4"><span style="line-height:1.4"><span style="line-height:1.4"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:1.4"><span style="line-height:1.4">We will not send </span><span style="line-height:1.4">additional</span><span style="line-height:1.4"> notices or communications </span><span style="line-height:1.4">regarding</span><span style="line-height:1.4"> this incident. If </span><span style="line-height:1.4">you’re</span><span style="line-height:1.4"> contacted about the incident by anyone you believe is impersonating the USPTO, </span><span style="line-height:1.4">or </span><span style="line-height:1.4">if you have any questions or concerns, </span><span style="line-height:1.4">please </span><span style="line-height:1.4">contact</span> </span><a href="mailto:TMdomicile@uspto.gov" rel="noopener" style="color:rgb(0,0,238)" target="_blank"><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:1.4"><span style="line-height:1.4">TMdomicile@uspto.gov</span></span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="line-height:1.4"><span style="line-height:1.4">.</span></span><span style="line-height:1.4"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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