[E-trademarks] Attorney Identity Theft

Fri Oct 25 22:09:39 UTC 2024

I did not realize that non-trademark attorneys names were being used.  Thanks for the information.
 Also Docket Trak lets you know when an another attorney has replaced you on a pending application or registration. Annette
Annette P. Heller
Trademark/Copyright Attorney
TM Law & Associates
400 Chesterfield Center Ste 400
Chesterfield [St Louis] MO 63017

www.TrademarkAtty.com

314-469-2610 Fax 314-469-4850In a message dated 10/25/2024 5:07:30 PM Central Daylight Time, e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com writes: 
We use DocketTrak and it searches based on the attorney.  You receive an email if a new record is added, so you can easily monitor for fraudulent applications.  Having said that, I agree with Carl - non TM attorneys/paralegals would have no clue how to search their credentials.    
On Fri, Oct 25, 2024 at 3:01 PM Carl Oppedahl via E-trademarks <e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com> wrote:

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

314-469-2610 Fax 314-469-4850In 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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Maria Eliseeva

Patentbar International

617-332-5800

maria at patentbar.com 

www.patentbar.com 

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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