[E-trademarks] Fraudulent Call

[dbmelnick at gmail.com]

I’m attaching a PDF of the email correspondence (with a note that the
response was quick if not completely satisfactory).  If you cannot access
the attachment, please send me a private message.

 

Diane Melnick

 

From: E-trademarks <e-trademarks-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com> On Behalf Of
Chelsie Spencer via E-trademarks
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2023 1:16 PM
To: For trademark practitioners. This is not for laypersons to seek legal
advice. <e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com>
Cc: Chelsie Spencer <cspencer at ritterspencercheng.com>
Subject: Re: [E-trademarks] Fraudulent Call

 

Even where the phone number in the filing is for your law firm, they’re
still pulling client phone numbers from other public records. I’ve had two
larger clients report direct calls in the last week, one to their COO’s cell
phone — which certainly isn’t in the USPTO’s database.  

 

Chelsie Spencer

 

Sent from my iPhone





On Dec 15, 2023, at 12:12 PM, Louis Levy - Belles Katz via E-trademarks
<e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com <mailto: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.

 <http://www.lermansenter.com/> BELLES KATZ LLC | 1800 John F. Kennedy
Blvd., Suite 1010 | Philadelphia, PA 19103

240.453.9211 or 267.952.2060(d) | 202-258-6547(m) |
<mailto:llevy at belleskatz.com> llevy at belleskatz.com

 

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