[E-trademarks] Questionable filings by Chinese applicants

[William Slate]

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Subject: [E-trademarks] Questionable filings by Chinese applicants

Good afternoon. I am curious about the operating procedure of China-based applicants for US trademarks that file identical marks for goods in another class. Is this a type of trademark scam?  What I am referring to is a scenario such as the following:

American company A files ITU application for a mark that is not a common word/phrase (i.e., the mark is unique)
The application is in a consumer goods class.
Several months later, Chinese company B files an ITU application for the identical unique mark in a different consumer goods class.
The Chinese application lists a variety of consumer goods in the different class (that is not likely to be cited against the American company's application)-products for both people and pets.
Given the uniqueness of the mark and the fact that the Chinese application was filed shortly after the American one, it seems fairly certain that the Chinese company "copied" the American company's mark.

Thoughts on what is going on?

Diana Palchik
palchik.net


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