[E-trademarks] Attorney Identity Theft

[Jeremy Green Eche]

Dockettrak tracks your trademarks by correspondent email address, so that
wouldn't tell you if somebody was filing trademarks in your name using a
different email address.

I don't blame non-TM attorneys for not checking the database regularly.
There are many different settings in which people might pretend to be you
and you can't monitor all of them.

—

Jeremy

Jeremy Peter Green Eche
Founder and Managing Attorney, JPG Legal

Office: (917) 268-7054 | Direct: (917) 310-2207‬

www.jpglegal.com
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On Fri, Oct 25, 2024 at 6:08 PM Lindsey Corbin via E-trademarks <
e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com> wrote:

> 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 <http://www.trademarkatty.com/>
>>
>> 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
>>
>> *--------------------------*
>>
>> *Maria Eliseeva*
>>
>> *Patentbar International*
>>
>> *617-332-5800*
>>
>> *maria at patentbar.com <maria at patentbar.com> *
>>
>> *www.patentbar.com <http://www.patentbar.com/> *
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* E-trademarks <e-trademarks-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com>
>> <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> <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*
>>
>> *Reg. No. 36,518*
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