[E-trademarks] Discouraging work

[Dan Feigelson]

Reminds me of this classic movie scene:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCkagYixpuc



On Thu, May 9, 2024 at 11:26 PM Pamela Chestek via E-trademarks <
e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com> wrote:

> 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
>
>

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