<div dir="ltr">I assume the USPTO will allow me to bill them for an hour a day for complying with this best practice.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Oct 26, 2024 at 1:50\u202fPM Pamela Chestek 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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<p>You don't do that? And every state and federal docket in the
country, and any administrative board, in case someone is
impersonating you there too? Oh, and how about patents, you mean
you don't check those too? And state trademark registries?<br>
</p>
<p>Pam<br>
</p>
<div>Pamela S. Chestek<br>
Chestek Legal<br>
300 Fayetteville St.<br>
Unit 2492<br>
Raleigh, NC 27602<br>
+1 919-800-8033<br>
pamela@chesteklegal<br>
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<div>On 10/26/2024 1:37 PM, Laura Geyer via
E-trademarks wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">EVERY SIX HOURS???? <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:rgb(23,78,134)">Laura
Talley Geyer</span></b><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)"> |
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Counsel</span></b><span style="color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:rgb(23,78,134)">ND
Galli Law LLC</span></b><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">
E-trademarks
<a href="mailto:e-trademarks-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank"><e-trademarks-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com></a>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Carl Oppedahl via E-trademarks<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, October 26, 2024 1:14 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> Carl Oppedahl <a href="mailto:carl@oppedahl.com" target="_blank"><carl@oppedahl.com></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [E-trademarks] Attorney Identity
Theft<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p>Given that almost all of this risk comes from poor design
of USPTO systems, I think the stakeholder that needs to
comply with a higher standard of care is the USPTO.<u></u><u></u></p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">On 10/26/2024 8:52 AM, Emil Ali via
E-trademarks wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In
a recent OED case of mine, OED suggested that attorneys
have a responsibility to search their own name every six
hours because there are actors that will file an
application using the name and credentials of another,
then immediately file a withdrawal.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Needless
to say, I don\u2019t believe that is the standard of care
required.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Emil
J. Ali</b><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">PARTNER<br>
<b>P:</b> 310.596.1234 | <b>C:</b> 202.556.3645
| <b>F:</b> 310.649.7890<br>
<a href="mailto:emil@mccabeali.com" target="_blank">emil@mccabeali.com</a>
<u></u><u></u></p>
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O: 877.633.4097 | <a href="http://mccabeali.com" target="_blank">mccabeali.com</a> <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:
</b>E-trademarks <a href="mailto:e-trademarks-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank"><e-trademarks-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com></a>
on behalf of Jeremy Green Eche via E-trademarks
<a href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank"><e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com></a><br>
<b>Date: </b>Friday, October 25, 2024 at 6:40<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">\u202f</span>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>Jeremy Green Eche <a href="mailto:jeremy@jpglegal.com" target="_blank"><jeremy@jpglegal.com></a><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [E-trademarks] Attorney
Identity Theft<u></u><u></u></p>
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<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Dockettrak
tracks your trademarks by correspondent email
address, so that wouldn't tell you if somebody
was filing trademarks in your name using a
different email address.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I
don't blame non-TM attorneys for not checking
the database regularly. There are many
different settings in which people might
pretend to be you and you can't monitor all of
them.<u></u><u></u></p>
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\u2014<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Jeremy<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Jeremy
Peter Green Eche<br>
Founder and Managing
Attorney, JPG Legal<br>
<br>
Office: (917) 268-7054 |
Direct: (917) 310-2207<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.jpglegal.com" target="_blank">www.jpglegal.com</a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">157
13th Street, Suite 111<br>
Brooklyn, NY 11215<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On
Fri, Oct 25, 2024 at 6:08<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">\u202f</span>PM
Lindsey Corbin via E-trademarks <<a href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank">e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com</a>>
wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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. <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On
Fri, Oct 25, 2024 at 3:01<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">\u202f</span>PM
Carl Oppedahl via E-trademarks <<a href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank">e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com</a>>
wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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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.<u></u><u></u></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.<u></u><u></u></p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">On
10/25/2024 3:43 PM, Annette Heller via
E-trademarks wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">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.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Annette<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Annette
P. Heller<br>
Trademark/Copyright Attorney<br>
TM Law & Associates<br>
400 Chesterfield Center Ste 400<br>
Chesterfield [St Louis] MO 63017<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.trademarkatty.com/" target="_blank">www.TrademarkAtty.com</a><br>
<br>
314-469-2610 Fax 314-469-4850<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In
a message dated 10/25/2024 11:55:22
AM Central Daylight Time,
<a href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank">e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com</a>
writes:
<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p>This is absolutely
terrible. What would be a
good way to prevent such
identity theft?<u></u><u></u></p>
<p> <u></u><u></u></p>
<p>Maria<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p><em><b><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Maria
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<p><em><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Patentbar
International</span></em><u></u><u></u></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">On
Behalf Of </span></strong>Diane
Gardner via
E-trademarks<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Sent:</span></strong>
Friday, October 25,
2024 12:23 PM<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">To:</span></strong>
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e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com</a><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Cc:</span></strong>
Diane Gardner
<a href="mailto:diane@mmip.com" target="_blank"><diane@mmip.com></a><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Subject:</span></strong>
[E-trademarks]
Attorney Identity
Theft<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p> <u></u><u></u></p>
<p>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.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p> <u></u><u></u></p>
<p>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.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p>Kind regards,<u></u><u></u></p>
<p><em><b><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"> </span></b></em><u></u><u></u></p>
<p><em><b><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Diane
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<p><em><b><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Reg.
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