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

[Crane, Susan]

I would report it to TMScams at uspto.gov.

They created the email specifically for this type of reporting.

Susan L. Crane
Group Vice President, Legal
Intellectual Property, Brands & Marketing

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc.
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Susan.Crane at wyndham.Com

On Oct 21, 2024, at 8:36 PM, Carl Oppedahl via E-trademarks <e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com> wrote:


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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