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In a message dated 2/11/2025 10:43:17 AM Central Standard Time, e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com writes:
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<p class="yiv0298143722MsoNormal">With regard to your point #2 below, can the USPTO tell what login credentials were used to file an application? So, for example, if someone used John Smith’s login but listed me as the attorney (and signatory) on an application, is there any way for the PTO to tell it was filed under John Smith’s account and not mine? </p>
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<p class="yiv0298143722MsoNormal">If they can’t, then that’s a serious problem and does make the whole validation process kind of pointless.</p>
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<p class="yiv0298143722MsoNormal">I hosted an event on trademark scams a few months back and looked into these issues quite a lot back then (I believe you can access a recording of that event if you register for it here - <a href="https://www.altlegal.com/events/lloyd-mousilli-webinar-dont-get-tricked-unmasking-the-most-common-trademark-scams/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect">https://www.altlegal.com/events/lloyd-mousilli-webinar-dont-get-tricked-unmasking-the-most-common-trademark-scams/</a>). </p>
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<p class="yiv0298143722MsoNormal">1. Yes, there was a non-IP attorney's name listed on over 2,500 applications filed at the USPTO. Ana Vinueza was one of the speakers at my trademark scams event. You can read about Ana's story here. <a href="https://news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/trademark-attorney-impersonation-scams-thrive-during-crackdown" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect"> https://news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/trademark-attorney-impersonation-scams-thrive-during-crackdown</a> </p>
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<p class="yiv0298143722MsoNormal">2. While you do have to validate your identity to log in and access the application system, there's absolutely nothing checking whether your log-in identity is the same as the attorney name listed in the application as the attorney. I know this for a fact because I regularly list my firm's managing partner's name as the attorney on my trademark applications (for continuity purposes) and I've never once been asked to verify his identity or my right to list him as an attorney. There's also nothing checking whether an attorney's bar number is accurate or not. So we really have a "locked the front door but left the window wide open" situation here.</p>
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<p class="yiv0298143722MsoNormal">I also have worked with Ana to help identify several other non-IP attorneys whose names were fraudulently listed on trademark applications; I've reached out to a few of them to alert them to the situation. All the attorneys I've found or spoken to whose names have been used in these scams are female attorneys barred in California; I'm not sure if this is a coincidence or not, but it is pretty alarming.</p>
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<p class="yiv0298143722MsoNormal">3. There is another type of trademark scam going around in which attorneys' names and bios have been stolen and used on websites and harassing cease and desist letters. This happened to another speaker at my trademark scam event - Kayla Jimenez. You can read more about her story here - <a href="https://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/article/lawyers-worst-nightmare-attorney-voices-horror-after-falling-victim-trademark-impersonation-scam" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect">https://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/article/lawyers-worst-nightmare-attorney-voices-horror-after-falling-victim-trademark-impersonation-scam</a><strong> </strong></p>
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<p class="yiv0298143722MsoNormal">This is the disconnect for me. If we have to validate who we are in order to file, how are the scammers filing using names of attorneys that aren’t involved, or using fake names altogether? </p>
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<p class="yiv0298143722MsoNormal">As for Mr. Stevens, if they aren’t filing under his name it seems that his identity hasn’t been “stolen,” at least as far as the PTO is concerned—scammers don’t have to verify attorney names for their ads and emails.</p>
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<p class="yiv0298143722MsoNormal">But have you noticed that the trademark office already requires identity verification via Real ID? Neither I nor my sponsored paralegal can log into the trademark filing/prosecution system without having been verified.</p>
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<p class="yiv0298143722MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">From: Michael Brown via E-trademarks <<a href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect">e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com</a>> </span></p>
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<p class="yiv0298143722MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">To: "For trademark practitioners. This is not for laypersons to seek legal advice." <<a href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect">e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com</a>> </span></p>
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<p class="yiv0298143722MsoNormal"><span style="color: black;">Subject: Re: [E-trademarks] Christopher H Stevens </span></p>
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<p class="yiv0298143722MsoNormal">But considering how they have geared TC to pro se filers, and specifically made it more time consuming for trademark attorneys, I doubt that the PTO would change course and require any certification.</p>
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<p class="yiv0298143722MsoNormal">In my opinion, this is all heading towards all of us being required to be certified by the TM Office, much the same as patent attorneys have to be registered to practice before the Patent Office. Only certified attorneys will be allowed to log into TM Center and submit/prosecute applications on behalf of clients.</p>
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<p class="yiv0298143722MsoNormal">Thanks Susan. Assuming this is the case, does anyone know who to contact at USPTO to report the group <a href="http://trademark.info/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect">trademark.info</a> who is misusing his name? Would you recommend the Solicitor's Office or Office of Enrollment and Discipline for example ?</p>
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<p class="yiv0298143722MsoNormal">One of my clients has been getting repeated letters allegedly from this person of "trademark-info" seeking to obtain trademark prosecution business. The client has asked him to stop contacting them, but he persists. I can't find any trademark registrations under his name at the USPTO.</p>
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