[E-trademarks] Fraudulent Call

[Diane Melnick]

Hi Louis:  I contacted the USPTO about this and received a rather detailed
response.  I will post it shortly, so that everyone will know the PTO's
approach.

Diane

On Fri, Dec 15, 2023 at 1:13 PM Louis Levy - Belles Katz via E-trademarks <
e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com> wrote:

> I believe the list has already discussed this, but for safekeeping, I just
> received a phone call from a number that spoofed a PTO phone number
> (571.272.6500).  The caller started telling me about an application filed
> two months ago and how it would register shortly.  She seemed to think I
> was the applicant.  I believe she was going to ask for an additional
> payment, but before she got there, I started asking questions.  She quickly
> hung up, saying she would send me an email, which never came.  The
> application she mentioned still hasn’t been assigned to an Examiner.
>
>
>
> Clearly people are scraping the PTO database for the phone numbers of
> applicants (and their attorneys).  Is there anything the PTO can do to
> block that?  If you call the number, a PTO recording says they are aware of
> call scams.
>
>
>
> Lou
>
>
>
> Louis J. Levy, Esq.
>
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> Blvd., Suite 1010 *| *Philadelphia, PA 19103
>
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