[E-trademarks] Trademark Rising

[Kathryn A Porter]

Hi Mike,

Trademark Rising recently solicited my client with the same scam. Twice.

Luckily, my client knew to contact me whenever they receive a solicitation or “official notice” sent directly to them. But it did freak them out.

Trademark Rising has been doing this for quite a while. I searched the following phrase from their website and found a listserv thread about them (different company name used: Paragon) back in April and August 2023:

> Although we are not a law firm, we have a team of professional trademark experts who undergo an extensive training program to make them the best at what they do. Only after they have completed their training and passed a rigorous series of examinations can an employee be placed into service. This rigorous training leads to the expert level of services we provide.

What’s worse, in 2023, Paragon used the name of one of our listserv colleagues in their scam! It’s amazing the lengths these companies will go to.

Best regards,

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Kathryn A. Porter
Kathryn A. Porter, PA
1661 West Ave Unit 398795
Miami Beach, FL 33139
kap at KPorterLaw.com <mailto:kap at KPorterLaw.com>
305-677-9588 office

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> On Apr 18, 2024, at 7:40 PM, Michael D. Steger via E-trademarks <e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com> wrote:
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> Has anyone encountered Trademark Rising soliciting your clients with variations of the ol' "someone else is going to file an application for your name"?  It appears that they operate under multiple names. Today they contacted one of my clients to advise them that someone else had filed an application for my client's brand -- I had filed the application for the solicited client.  
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>  (They may have arisen on this list before but I couldn't find anything in the archives).  
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