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

[Judith S]

Did you reach out to the lawyer via the email/mail address provided by the
State bar, or did you rely on the email/mail address in the filings?

I'd probably reach out directly to the attorney via LinkedIn or another
too, before filing a bar report.  Heck, I'd probably alert the Trademark
Office before the state bar too. Because if it's real fraud & the Trademark
Office considers it so, they will report to the state bar, which has more
weight than another practitioner.

Judith

On Mon, Oct 21, 2024 at 5:34 PM Carl Oppedahl via E-trademarks <
e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com> wrote:

> A listserv member asks to post anonymously ...
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> 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.
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> 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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