to obtain ownership of this mark or else the trademark would be awarded to a third party as their intellectual property. Please let me know if you would like to move on; if not, we will withdraw from your case and the mark will be awarded to a third party."
The proliferation of trademark scams is appalling. No attorney is going to send you an email telling you someone else is trying to register your trademark but the attorney is so nice he or she will help you instead if you pay them.
Here's another recent email a client received: "The United States Patent and Trademark Office notified us that an individual from _____ had applied for the identical trademark name XXX. Consequently, we have been granted a 48-working hours deadline window by the USPTO...
Trademark opposition sustained even though opposer had no U.S. trademark registrations and no U.S. sales. TTAB nevertheless protects opposer's reputation in the U.S. https://t.co/yFHhSAaTEm
I advise clients not to include their phone number, as the USPTO does not require it. However, if they inadvertently include it, a scammer calls them pretending to be the USPTO and requesting more money for their trademark application.
@USPTO Can you please eliminate the phone number box for trademark filing signatures (or at least not include it in the public database)? Scammers are using it to try to extort money from applicants. Happened to a client again this week.
I continue to be shocked and alarmed by the number of "trademark attorneys" who still do not comprehend that federal registration of a mark based on use in commerce requires that the mark is in use for ALL of the goods listed in the trademark application. It's rather appalling.
@rheaseehorn@Fleafasano I was about to make the same comment. I get a physical every year, with blood testing. But to my knowledge they never have reported my blood type.
@USPTO filing systems appear to be down. https://t.co/qLfXIwokkB shows the following:
{"timestamp":1648840816615,
"status":500},
"error":"GLOBAL FAILURE",
"message":"",
"requestIdentifier":"0000017fe636606d-119f5c" }