[E-trademarks] [EXT] Questionable looking law firm listed as counsel of record

[Michael Brown]

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Michael Brown
Michael J Brown Law Office
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On Mon, Nov 13, 2023 at 12:31 AM Alex Butterman via E-trademarks <
e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com> wrote:

> You can report this to the USPTO Office of Ethics. I don’t have an email
> or website link handy, but it might be on the USPTO page about trademark
> scams or the page for that office.
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> *Alex Butterman*
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> Partner
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> *DUNLAP **BENNETT **& LUDWIG*
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> *211 Church St., SE; Leesburg, VA 20175*
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> *From:* E-trademarks <e-trademarks-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com> *On Behalf
> Of *Michael D. Steger via E-trademarks
> *Sent:* Sunday, November 12, 2023 11:59 PM
> *To:* Carl Oppedahl <E-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com>
> *Cc:* Michael D. Steger <msteger at steger-law.com>
> *Subject:* [EXT] [E-trademarks] Questionable looking law firm listed as
> counsel of record
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> I recently came across an application purportedly owned by multiple
> individuals who appear to be residing abroad (listed address is in
> Canada).  The application was purportedly filed by a California attorney
> (whose name is not listed with the California bar).  Three weeks after
> filing another attorney with the same "firm" substituted in, using a
> substitution of attorney form and stating "These are my Clients who hired
> me to be their attorney for all the applications they have filled , The
> Attorney before has no right to deal with these clients because I'm now
> their representative"
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> The website using the same domain as both attorneys' email addresses looks
> very scammy -- no attorneys listed, poor grammar and misspellings.
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> The new "attorney" is supposedly a member of the New York bar.  There is a
> New York attorney  with that name, but the attorney  is an associate at a
> blue chip Wall Street firm.
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>
> Is there anything that a concerned trademark attorney  can do about a
> situation like this?
>
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>
> Mike Steger
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>
>
> Law Offices of Michael D. Steger, PC
>
> 295 Madison Avenue, 22nd Floor
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> New York, NY  10017
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> (646) 517-0600
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>
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> 30 Ramland Road, Suite 201
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> Orangeburg, NY 10962
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> (845) 359-4600
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> (845) 638-2707 (fax)
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> msteger at steger-law.com
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> www.steger-law.com
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> www.mistercopyright.com <http://www.mistercopyright.net>
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