<div dir="ltr">We use DocketTrak and it searches based on the attorney. You receive an email if a new record is added, so you can easily monitor for fraudulent applications. Having said that, I agree with Carl - non TM attorneys/paralegals would have no clue how to search their credentials. <div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Oct 25, 2024 at 3:01\u202fPM Carl Oppedahl 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"><u></u>
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<p>Over the past couple of years I looked at several clusters of
trademark filings where it turned out some lawyer's name had been
appropriated. In each case that I looked at, the victim was a
lawyer who had never touched a trademark file ever before in his
or her life.</p>
<p>Those lawyers are not going to have a clue that it is somehow
important to make a stop at the USPTO web site once a month to do
a search for their own name in the trademark search system.</p>
<div>On 10/25/2024 3:43 PM, Annette Heller
via E-trademarks wrote:<br>
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<div><span>To monitor your applications on a
regular basis by doing a search on your name and see what
comes up. I do a search on a monthly basis and have a
follow up to remind me.<br>
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<div><span>Annette</span></div>
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<div><span>Annette P. Heller</span><br>
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<span>TM Law & Associates</span><br>
<span>400 Chesterfield Center Ste 400</span><br>
<span>Chesterfield [St Louis] MO 63017</span><br>
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In a message dated 10/25/2024 11:55:22 AM Central Daylight Time,
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<p><span>This is
absolutely terrible. What would be a good way to
prevent such identity theft?</span></p>
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<p><span>Maria</span></p>
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<p><strong><em><span>Maria
Eliseeva</span></em></strong></p>
<p><em><span>Patentbar
International</span></em></p>
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<p><strong>From:</strong>
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<strong>On Behalf Of </strong>Diane Gardner
via E-trademarks<br>
<strong>Sent:</strong> Friday, October 25,
2024 12:23 PM<br>
<strong>To:</strong> <a href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com</a><br>
<strong>Cc:</strong> Diane Gardner
<a href="mailto:diane@mmip.com" target="_blank"><diane@mmip.com></a><br>
<strong>Subject:</strong> [E-trademarks]
Attorney Identity Theft</p>
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<p><span>Today the
ABA Journal Weekly Newsletter ran a story about
Ana Belén Vinueza, a corporate attorney for
Illumina (California) whose identity and
credentials were stolen and used to file more
than 2000 trademark applications.</span></p>
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<p><span>According to
the article, female attorneys licensed in
California currently run the highest risk of
this type of identity misappropriation. The
USPTO is aware of at least 30 such cases of
similar identity theft for the purpose of filing
new trademark applications.</span></p>
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<p><span>Kind
regards,</span></p>
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<p><strong><em><span>Diane
L. Gardner</span></em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em><span>Reg.
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