[E-trademarks] [EXT] Re: Christopher H Stevens
Carl Oppedahl
carl at oppedahl.com
Tue Feb 11 10:01:46 UTC 2025
I would hope that our lurkers from the Trademark Office (we have at
least twelve lurkers) are surely paying attention to these things. Please?
On 2/11/2025 12:58 AM, Alex Butterman via E-trademarks wrote:
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> On a related note, wasn’t there someone on this list who a few weeks
> ago listed a bunch of attorneys that are of record in the USPTO on
> like 2,000 applications in one year for mostly Chinese filers? Or
> maybe there was some WTR article or the like about that which someone
> cited to?
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> *Subject:* [EXT] Re: [E-trademarks] Christopher H Stevens
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> But if he was listed as the attorney of record we could find those
> applications, and there aren’t any. At least not yet.
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> On Feb 10, 2025, at 9:06 PM, carla calcagno <cccalcagno at gmail.com>
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> This looks like the fraudulent signature issue. Mr Stevens is not
> involved with the group and unbeknown to him they are using his
> name and contact information. Assuming they are also signing at
> the USPTO in his name the organization who is filing
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> This looks like the fraudulent signature issue. Mr Stevens is not
> involved with the group and unbeknown to him they are using his
> name and contact information. Assuming they are also signing at
> the USPTO in his name the organization who is filing surely could
> be sanctioned.
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> On Mon, Feb 10, 2025 at 6:43 PM Bosland Law <office at bosland.law>
> wrote:
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> This slide deck suggests that you are right that there is
> little that they could do (see the last two slides). They
> suggest FTC/FBI/FCC and local AG..
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> On Mon, Feb 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM Crane, Susan via E-trademarks
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> If they haven’t actually filed in his name, not sure what
> the PTO can do. Who would they discipline?
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> On Feb 10, 2025, at 5:27 PM, carla calcagno
> <cccalcagno at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Thanks Susan. Assuming this is the case, does anyone
> know who to contact at USPTO to report the group
> trademark. info who is misusing his name? Would you
> recommend the Solicitor's Office or Office of
> Enrollment and Discipline for example
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> On Mon, Feb 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM Crane, Susan
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> They are probably “borrowing” his name. There is
> an attorney in California named Christopher H.
> Stevens, but he does not appear to be an IP attorney.
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> *Cc:* carla calcagno <cccalcagno at gmail.com>
> *Subject:* [E-trademarks] Christopher H Stevens
>
> One of my clients has been getting repeated
> letters allegedly from this person of
> "trademark-info" seeking to obtain trademark
> prosecution business. The client has asked him to
> stop contacting them, but he persists. I can't find
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> One of my clients has been getting repeated
> letters allegedly from this person of
> "trademark-info" seeking to obtain trademark
> prosecution business. The client has asked him to
> stop contacting them, but he persists. I can't
> find any trademark registrations under his name at
> the USPTO.
>
> Has anyone received letters from him before?
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