[E-trademarks] Spoofed calls - USPTO trademark assistance unit

[Law Office]

Dear all,

I just got a call from the Spoof Spammer, claiming to be from the
"trademark verification unit," and decided to engage a bit. This group
claimed that we had to pay the Section 8 & 15 fee so that our trademark is
valid for 14 years. AND they take Visa and Mastercard and would have given
us a discount on that fee, only charging $95 now. They kindly walked me
through the USPTO website to point me to the fees and recited all kinds of
information from the application. None made much sense to me, but it was
cumbersome enough that it could work with inexperienced or pro se
applicants.

Asking them questions about the process and what the fee was for, and
making them scramble was, admittedly, fun, and I figured I'd share it with
the group for those of you who want to share some more details with their
clients.

Kind regards,

Oliver
-----
Platz Law P.C.
office: +1 951 667 5289
web:  www.platzandco.com
-----
PRIVILEGED & CONFIDENTIAL
-----
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://oppedahl-lists.com/pipermail/e-trademarks_oppedahl-lists.com/attachments/20240307/6daaf675/attachment.htm>