<div dir="auto">This was my thought too - distortion brought on by Amazon marketplace rules. </div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Feb 12, 2025, 08:09 William Slate 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:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Have an example?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">When in doubt, the answer is gaming the rules of e-commerce platforms.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1f497d">Will<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> E-trademarks <<a href="mailto:e-trademarks-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">e-trademarks-bounces@oppedahl-lists.com</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>diana <a href="http://lo-dp.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">lo-dp.com</a> via E-trademarks<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, February 9, 2025 4:07 PM<br>
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<b>Cc:</b> diana <a href="http://lo-dp.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">lo-dp.com</a> <<a href="mailto:diana@lo-dp.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">diana@lo-dp.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [E-trademarks] Questionable filings by Chinese applicants<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Good afternoon. I am curious about the operating procedure of China-based applicants for US trademarks that file identical marks for goods in another class. Is this a type of trademark scam? What I am referring
to is a scenario such as the following:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">American company A files ITU application for a mark that is not a common word/phrase (i.e., the mark is unique)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The application is in a consumer goods class.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Several months later, Chinese company B files an ITU application for the identical unique mark in a different consumer goods class.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The Chinese application lists a variety of consumer goods in the different class (that is not likely to be cited against the American company's application)\u2014products for both people and pets. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Given the uniqueness of the mark and the fact that the Chinese application was filed shortly after the American one, it seems fairly certain that the Chinese company "copied" the American company's mark.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Thoughts on what is going on?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Diana Palchik<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><a href="http://palchik.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">palchik.net</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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