[E-trademarks] "Elite Mark Group"

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Not even any registrar would do this!

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Subject: Re: [E-trademarks] "Elite Mark Group"

Marc, this is exactly right, and it's how I explain this to clients. Along with Jessica's point -- no attorney would do this.
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On Mon, Dec 9, 2024 at 9:51 AM Marc Trachtenberg via E-trademarks <e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com<mailto:e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com>> wrote:
This sounds to me to be a new variation of the old Chinese registrar solicitation scheme where a (typically fake) registrar in China would contact companies and say that a customer approached them to register domain names similar to the company’s trademark and offered to sell the domain names to the company instead.

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Subject: [E-trademarks] "Elite Mark Group"

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Hello All

My client received a letter from Elite Mark Group claiming they received a request from “an applicant” interested in registering a name similar to my client’s mark.  The letter ultimately offered to help my client register the mark.  Is anyone familiar with this company and/or their approach?

Thank you for your time.

Amy

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