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<p class="MsoNormal">A listserv member asks to post anonymously
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<p class="MsoNormal">I\u2019ve become aware of a single named U.S.
lawyer on multitudes of recently filed U.S. trademark
applications for Chinese nationals and companies with over 950
applications filed since July and counting. While I have not
looked closely at all of them, the ones I\u2019ve reviewed claim use
and include a specimen showing the mark on a single type of good
though the identification of goods are typically far reaching
and include normally unrelated goods. In tracking down the
attorney, I anticipated they might not be aware their identity
was being used on these filings, but I was able to reach a real
person claiming to be the named attorney by phone and email. As
you might anticipate from my wording, I\u2019m not wholly convinced
the person I\u2019ve reached is actually the named attorney. I
should also mention that this person\u2019s name does not appear on a
single trademark filing at the USPTO prior to July though the
person was admitted to practice back in 1998. I can\u2019t find
anything about the nature of this lawyer\u2019s practice or work
history online.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Since the named attorney is signing these
applications attesting to the questionable far-ranging use on
such a large number of filings, I believe they may be committing
fraud. I\u2019m thinking of reporting the activity to the attorney\u2019s
state bar, but I\u2019d love to get opinions on what exactly my role
ought to be here and whether I also should be reporting
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