[E-trademarks] Dealing with copycat

[Bill Ramos]

Morning all!

Still learning the ins & outs of this practice and have learned so much
sitting on the sidelines reading everyone's posts - Thank you.

I have a predicament. Any suggestions?

Client has been using mark for years for website and clothing line.
Client finally got around to filing to register the mark.
A month before client came to me, a copycat filed to register the same mark.
Copycat shows a single webpage named almost the same as clients with a
single t-shirt bearing client's mark.
Copycat started using the mark just a month before filing so client has
common law on his side.
Any suggestions on handling this copycat sooner rather than later?
I already sent a cease & desist which copycat ignored.
TIA =}



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