[E-trademarks] Attorney Identity Theft

[Carl Oppedahl]

Over the past couple of years I looked at several clusters of trademark 
filings where it turned out some lawyer's name had been appropriated.  
In each case that I looked at, the victim was a lawyer who had never 
touched a trademark file ever before in his or her life.

Those lawyers are not going to have a clue that it is somehow important 
to make a stop at the USPTO web site once a month to do a search for 
their own name in the trademark search system.

On 10/25/2024 3:43 PM, Annette Heller via E-trademarks wrote:
> To monitor your applications on a regular basis by doing a search on 
> your name and see what comes up.  I do a search on a monthly basis and 
> have a follow up to remind me.
> Annette
>
> Annette P. Heller
> Trademark/Copyright Attorney
> TM Law & Associates
> 400 Chesterfield Center Ste 400
> Chesterfield [St Louis] MO 63017
>
> www.TrademarkAtty.com <http://www.trademarkatty.com/>
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> 314-469-2610 Fax 314-469-4850
> In a message dated 10/25/2024 11:55:22 AM Central Daylight Time, 
> e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com writes:
>
>     This is absolutely terrible. What would be a good way to prevent
>     such identity theft?
>
>     Maria
>
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>     *From:* E-trademarks <e-trademarks-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com> *On
>     Behalf Of *Diane Gardner via E-trademarks
>     *Sent:* Friday, October 25, 2024 12:23 PM
>     *To:* e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com
>     *Cc:* Diane Gardner <diane at mmip.com>
>     *Subject:* [E-trademarks] Attorney Identity Theft
>
>     Today the ABA Journal Weekly Newsletter ran a story about Ana
>     Belén Vinueza, a corporate attorney for Illumina (California)
>     whose identity and credentials were stolen and used to file more
>     than 2000 trademark applications.
>
>     According to the article, female attorneys licensed in California
>     currently run the highest risk of this type of identity
>     misappropriation. The USPTO is aware of at least 30 such cases of
>     similar identity theft for the purpose of filing new trademark
>     applications.
>
>     Kind regards,
>
>     *//*
>
>     */Diane L. Gardner/*
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