<div dir="ltr">If you want the trademark office to do something quickly, and have the time, you could format a spreadsheet of the filings in the same format of the table used in the orders canceling a bunch of registrations for violation of US law/regs. See <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/blog/how-the-domicile-address-requirement">https://www.uspto.gov/blog/how-the-domicile-address-requirement</a>. I cannot find the orders right now, but they were discussed here a few years ago. </div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Oct 21, 2024 at 11:07\u202fPM Crane, Susan 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">
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The USPTO has been experiencing cases of attorney identity theft so I would hate to report someone to their bar if it might be someone else using their credentials.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt">Be sure to check your Rules of Professional Responsibility. You may be positively obligated to report the lawyer now that you\u2019ve drilled down enough to see that this is pretty obviously fraud. I would
<i>also</i> contact OED (maybe even first, just for advice if nothing else) although they are all \u201cpatent patent patent\u201d, they do have this little tiny thing that includes trademark lawyers:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Carl Oppedahl via E-trademarks<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, October 21, 2024 8:34 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> for trademark practitioners <<a href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank">e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Carl Oppedahl <<a href="mailto:carl@oppedahl.com" target="_blank">carl@oppedahl.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [E-trademarks] what to do about a tranche of filings?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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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
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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 anything to the USPTO.<u></u><u></u></p>
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