Yet Another Trademark Monitoring Service Solicitation

Information in a U.S. trademark application is public record. As such, it has become commonplace to receive a batch of unofficial trademark solicitations within weeks after filing. One such solicitation received recently is shown below. These types of documents may be immediately be sent to your attorney for deposit in his/her waste bin. I routinely tell my clients that all official correspondence should come through me or, on rare occasion, the United States Patent and Trademark Office. All other inquiries/communications/solicitations are likely spam.

The USPTO is aware of the growing number of unofficial solicitations, and recently released a Warning from the USPTO Concerning Unofficial Trademark Solicitations.

Stories from the Week that Was – 5/6/12-5/12/12

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A mid-week election saw Richard Mourdock topple long-standing Republican Senator Richard Lugar. Has anybody bothered to ask Mourdock or (Democrat rival) Joe Donnelly’s thoughts on legislation like CISPA and SNOPA? Not this week, when all the talk was about Zuckerberg’s hoodie and President Obama’s evolution on same-sex marriage.

Why the New gTLDs Don’t Matter

Clicking ‘Like’ on Facebook Is Not Protected Speech, Judge Rules

Property rights in the cloud: Your data or theirs?

Twitter Defends User In Court Over Occupy Tweets

Think That Email Isn’t a Contract? Think Again

Facebook bans Grooveshark over copyright complaint

How Should We Measure Damages for Defamation Over Social Media?

Mars Rover Opportunity Rolling Again After Winter Break

New NDAA Would Give the Military Clandestine Cyberwar Powers

“All of my friends who have younger siblings who are going to college or high school – my number one piece of advice is: You should learn how to program.” – Mark Zuckerberg

Stories from the Week that Was – 4/29/12-5/5/12

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Stories from the Week that Was – 4/29/12-5/5/12

Social Networking Online Protection Act (SNOPA) Introduced To Protect Users From Having To Divulge Personal Info

Why Is a Patent Troll in Luxembourg Suing U.S. Public Transit Agencies?

CISPA: Next Steps

U.S. Copyright Office Seeks to Raise Rates

Judge: An IP-Address Doesn’t Identify a Person (or BitTorrent Pirate)

Feds held seized website Dajaz1.com for a year without proof of copyright infringement

“My words and my ideas are my property, and I’ll keep and protect them as surely as I do my stable of unicorns.” ― Jarod Kintz, This Book is Not for Sale

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stories from the Week that Was – 4/22/12-4/28/12

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Stories from the Week that Was – 4/22/12-4/28/12

US says intellectual property supports 40 million jobs

How CISPA will affect us [infographic]

Facebook Signs $550M Patent Deal

Judge Adds #Hashtags To Twitter Ruling

House passes CISPA with a vote of 248 to 168

Social Networking Online Protection Act (#SNOPA) Introduced To Protect Users From Having To Divulge Personal Info

Will ’emoticon defense’ disprove cyberbullying?

Why Is a Patent Troll in Luxembourg Suing U.S. Public Transit Agencies?

CISPA: Next Steps

“If you value liberty, privacy and the Constitution, then you will vote no on CISPA.” – Congressman Hank Johnson (D-Ga)

 

 

 

Why Is a Patent Troll in Luxembourg Suing U.S. Public Transit Agencies?

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An intriguing story of patent litigation and “patent trolls” featuring a Lafayette law firm, Dowell Baker.

“Dowell Baker, a law firm specializing in patent litigation in Lafayette, Indiana, finds companies to target in a couple different ways. The firm’s client, ArrivalStar, holds 34 U.S. patents, all related to the idea of tracking a vehicle in motion and then alerting people, through some communications device, of when it may arrive or whether it’s running late. As you might imagine, many entities – airlines, school buses, freight-tracking services, package-delivery companies – do something quite similar to this. And Dowell Baker believes they’re all infringing on these patents.”

For the full story, follow the link below:

Why Is a Patent Troll in Luxembourg Suing U.S. Public Transit Agencies? – Technology – The Atlantic Cities.