[E-trademarks] Trademark Scams

[Rachael Dickson]

In regards to the discussion yesterday on fraudulent filings and attorney
credential theft and misuse: Please be careful, y'all!

I've been keeping a close eye on this for the past few months and I now
personally know of four separate female attorneys barred in California
who've had their credentials/identity stolen and used to file trademark
applications or send cease and desist letters in related scams. Over 2,000
applications filed with stolen attorney credentials have already been found
and removed from the US Trademark Register!

So please definitely hold off on reporting attorneys with fishy
applications for ethics violations and send those to the TMScams at uspto.gov
so they can deal with it. The affected attorneys are already dealing with
enough; the last thing they need is to have to fight off an ethics
complaint based on someone else's misuse of their credentials as well.

You can find out more here:
https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/protect/recognizing-common-scams

I am also hosting a free webinar on several of the common scams targeting
trademark applicants and attorneys on Tuesday, Oct. 29 along with my law
firm Lloyd & Mousilli. Our speakers include two attorneys who've had their
identity/credentials stolen and misused in these scams. If you're
interested, you can sign up for that event over here:
https://www.bigmarker.com/alt-legal/Don-t-Get-Tricked

Rachael Dickson
Catalytic Law; Lloyd & Mousilli
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