[E-trademarks] Attorney Identity Theft

Sat Oct 26 15:11:15 UTC 2024

I’m curious if the attorneys employed by OED do similar searches of their
own names in, say, attorney databases run by ICE or Veteran’s Affairs or
whatnot.

I’m guessing not.

And, obviously, nobody should need to; that’s just silly.

Matt Schneller
Partner
TM TKO, LLC
206-679-1895

On Sat, Oct 26, 2024 at 9:54 AM Emil Ali via E-trademarks <
e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com> wrote:

> In a recent OED case of mine, OED suggested that attorneys have a
> responsibility to search their own name every six hours because there are
> actors that will file an application using the name and credentials of
> another, then immediately file a withdrawal.
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> Needless to say, I don’t believe that is the standard of care required.
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> *From: *E-trademarks <e-trademarks-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com> on behalf
> of Jeremy Green Eche via E-trademarks <e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com>
> *Date: *Friday, October 25, 2024 at 6:40 PM
> *To: *For trademark practitioners. This is not for laypersons to seek
> legal advice. <e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com>
> *Cc: *Jeremy Green Eche <jeremy at jpglegal.com>
> *Subject: *Re: [E-trademarks] Attorney Identity Theft
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Jeremy
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> Jeremy Peter Green Eche
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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:
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> 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.
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> On Fri, Oct 25, 2024 at 3:01 PM Carl Oppedahl via E-trademarks <
> e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com> wrote:
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> On 10/25/2024 3:43 PM, Annette Heller via E-trademarks wrote:
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> 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.
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> Annette
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> Annette P. Heller
> Trademark/Copyright Attorney
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> In a message dated 10/25/2024 11:55:22 AM Central Daylight Time,
> e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com writes:
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> This is absolutely terrible. What would be a good way to prevent such
> identity theft?
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> Maria
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> *From:* E-trademarks <e-trademarks-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com>
> <e-trademarks-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com> *On Behalf Of *Diane Gardner
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> *Sent:* Friday, October 25, 2024 12:23 PM
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> *Cc:* Diane Gardner <diane at mmip.com> <diane at mmip.com>
> *Subject:* [E-trademarks] Attorney Identity Theft
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Kind regards,
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