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

[Jessica R. Friedman]

At the end, did you ask them how they sleep at night, knowing that they are spending their days scamming people? That’s what I do when I get calls from “Google Quality Control.” They hang up pretty quickly.

Jessica R. Friedman
Attorney at Law
300 East 59 Street, Ste. 2406
New York, NY 10022
Phone: 212-220-0900
Cell: 917-647-1884
E-mail: jrfriedman at litproplaw.com<mailto:jrfriedman at litproplaw.com>
URL: www.literarypropertylaw.com<http://www.literarypropertylaw.com>

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From: E-trademarks <e-trademarks-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com> on behalf of Law Office via E-trademarks <e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com>
Date: Thursday, March 7, 2024 at 3:11 PM
To: Carl Oppedahl <e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com>
Cc: Law Office <mail at platz-ip.com>
Subject: [E-trademarks] Spoofed calls - USPTO trademark assistance unit
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
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