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Smart & Biggar

Don’t take the bait: avoiding trademark phishing scams

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The College of Patent Agents & Trademark Agents (CPATA) recently issued an alert regarding a surge in fraudulent emails targeting trademark owners. As is typical of these “phishing” scams, the emails often pressure recipients...more

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

USPTO and Trademark Services Fraud Schemes

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Scammers know no bounds, including in the world of trademarks. NGE has noted a recent uptick in fraudulent e-mails, calls, and texts directed at trademark applicants and registrants. These scammers typically use information...more

Lewis Roca

New Trademark Scam

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Over the years many clients have forwarded to us scam trademark mailings. These mailings come from various official-sounding sources, all of which seek money to allegedly take action regarding the client’s trademarks....more

Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP

Beware: Scams Targeting U.S. Trademark Applicants and Owners Are Increasingly Persuasive

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One recent victim of scams preying on U.S. trademark filers and registrants answered a call that appeared to be from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). It wasn’t. The target of the scam was forced to...more

Erise IP

What’s Trending in Trademarks, January 2024: Travis Kelce’s IP Era, Liquid Death vs. Arnold Palmer, USPTO Scams

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Every month, Erise’s trademark attorneys review the latest developments at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, in the courts, and across the corporate world to bring you the stories that you should know about: Travis...more

BakerHostetler

Be Aware as Trademark Email Scams Get More Sophisticated

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As the new year gets underway, we want to flag the newest misleading trademark email scams, as these communications have become more advanced in their targeting....more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

MarkIt to Market® - No, No, No! How to Avoid Scams and Stay Merry this Holiday Season

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Especially during the holi-daze, it can be easy to let our safeguards down and fall prey to scammers looking to make a quick buck. Trademark applicants and registrants interacting with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office...more

Woods Rogers

Recipients Beware: Trademark Omega Email Marketing Ploy

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Numerous clients are receiving unsolicited emails from a company called Trademark Omega. Future versions may originate from companies with different names. For your protection, we advise you to read the fine print....more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

MarkIt to Market® - June 2022: PSA: Scammers Gonna Scam

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This is not our first warning about trademark scams, and (sadly) it will surely not be our last, but it bears repeating that trademark owners should be extremely wary of any unexpected communications (email, text, snail mail)...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

MarkIt to Market® - June 2022

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[co-author: Ivy Attenborough, Summer Associate] Thank you for reading the June 2022 issue of Sterne Kessler's MarkIt to Market® newsletter. This month, we discuss the differences between Copyright Claims Board and federal...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

USPTO Issues Warning To U.S. Attorneys Not To Aid Others In Circumventing The U.S. Counsel Rule

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Yesterday, the USPTO issued an alert regarding emails that U.S. attorneys have been receiving from unlicensed persons offering to pay attorneys in exchange for use of the attorneys’ bar credentials in trademark filings. The...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

USPTO Warns of New Email Scam

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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently released a warning regarding email scams targeting owners of trademark applications and registrations. Unfortunately, misleading notices and solicitations are...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

USPTO Warns of Email Scam Targeting Trademark Owners

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Email scams used to be relatively easy to spot. They often came from obviously sketchy email addresses and were fraught with misspellings and odd requests for money or information. However, scams have become increasingly more...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Trademark Owners Are Targets In Email Scams Mimicking USPTO

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For years, scam artists have targeted trademark owners with communications that mimic notices from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) or other governmental entities. Unfortunately, there is no end in...more

Polsinelli

Alert On New USPTO Trademark Email Scam

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The United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a new alert this week concerning fraudulent email messages which appear to be sent by the USPTO directly to trademark owners but are, in fact, sent by third parties...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Beware: Trademark Email Scams for “Separate Registration of ‘Clients’” Are Not from the United States Patent and Trademark Office

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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) just issued a warning to be on the alert for “fraudulent emails that appear to originate from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) domain, @uspto.gov.” ...more

Lathrop GPM

USPTO Implements Masking of Email Addresses of Trademark Owners Who Are Represented by Outside Counsel

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The USPTO issued a “Trademark Alert” on April 24, indicating that it is now masking trademark owners’ direct email addresses from being viewed on its public website. However, the masking applies only to the “owner” email...more

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USPTO Now Masking Email Addresses In Trademark Filings

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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has addressed a privacy concern that arose in February just as new trademark filing rules were set to take effect. As outlined in our prior alert, the revised Examination Guide...more

Carlton Fields

You’ve Got Mail: USPTO Imposes New Applicant Email Requirement for Trademark Submissions

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Last summer, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) approved a controversial rule regarding email addresses. In the past, when an applicant was represented by counsel, the attorney would provide an email address to be...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

You’ve Got Mail - The USPTO’s new policy requiring trademark applicants to provide email addresses

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On February 14, 2020, the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued Revised Examination Guide 1-20, which addressed new mandatory electronic filing and specimen requirements and became effective on February 15, 2020....more

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP

U.S. Patent And Trademark Office Changes The New Email Address Rule

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In this Alert, we reported on the new email address rule. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), based on objections from trademark attorneys throughout the U.S., has now modified the new email address rule to permit...more

Jones Day

E-File or You'll Have to Refile: Trademark Filings Gone Digital - New USPTO rules make electronic filing mandatory and update...

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Statistics from 2018 reveal that .03% of trademark applications were paper filed. As such, effective February 15, 2020, paper trademark filings are no longer an option. The United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO")...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

New USPTO Rule Likely To Increase Spam

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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) just issued new rules that directly affect trademark owners. Going forward, trademark applicants, registrants, and parties to a proceeding before the Trademark Trial and...more

Morgan Lewis

The Practical Impact of USPTO Rule Changes on Your Trademark Filings

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The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) confirmed that new rules relating to email addresses required for trademark applicants and registrants and new specimens requirements will go into effect this week. A new examination...more

Ladas & Parry LLP

Ladas & Parry Partners Object To New USPTO Guidelines Requiring Mandatory Disclosure Of Trademark Applicants’ Email Addresses

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The USPTO released long awaited guidelines on February 6, 2020 relating to a new requirement that trademark applicants publicly list their email addresses in each U.S. trademark application or registration....more

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