[E-trademarks] what to do about a tranche of filings?

[Carl Oppedahl]

A listserv member asks to post anonymously ...

I’ve become aware of a single named U.S. lawyer on multitudes of 
recently filed U.S. trademark applications for Chinese nationals and 
companies with over 950 applications filed since July and counting.  
While I have not looked closely at all of them, the ones I’ve reviewed 
claim use and include a specimen showing the mark on a single type of 
good though the identification of goods are typically far reaching and 
include normally unrelated goods.  In tracking down the attorney, I 
anticipated they might not be aware their identity was being used on 
these filings, but I was able to reach a real person claiming to be the 
named attorney by phone and email.  As you might anticipate from my 
wording, I’m not wholly convinced the person I’ve reached is actually 
the named attorney.  I should also mention that this person’s name does 
not appear on a single trademark filing at the USPTO prior to July 
though the person was admitted to practice back in 1998.  I can’t find 
anything about the nature of this lawyer’s practice or work history online.

Since the named attorney is signing these applications attesting to the 
questionable far-ranging use on such a large number of filings, I 
believe they may be committing fraud.  I’m thinking of reporting the 
activity to the attorney’s state bar, but I’d love to get opinions on 
what exactly my role ought to be here  and whether I also should be 
reporting anything to the USPTO.


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