[E-trademarks] Discouraging work

[Pamela Chestek]

I'm doing a clearance for a potential mark for a client. One registered 
mark is clearly a sham; Photoshopped specimen, long list of unrelated 
goods, Shopify store no longer exists, the proof of sale submitted as a 
specimen shows that the order was created, marked paid, and fulfilled 
all in the same minute. I don't know why the obvious Photoshop isn't a 
flag to take a little harder look at the rest of the specimen?

When I Googled the address for the second, the first hit is a news 
article about scams run from the address, which is used by at least 21 
registered agents, the particular one mentioned in the article the agent 
for over 50,000 companies. How is that address a domicile?

How is it that our clients get caught trying to use a WeWork address but 
obvious fraudulent applications like this get registered?

Pam

Pamela S. Chestek
Chestek Legal
300 Fayetteville St.
Unit 2492
Raleigh, NC 27602
+1 919-800-8033
pamela at chesteklegal.com
www.chesteklegal.com