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Fraudsters are branching out.

Instead of merely sending out fake invoices to unsuspecting trademark owners — a scourge in its own right — some are fraudulently changing owner information with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

I recently noticed this with one of my client’s filings. Helpfully, the USPTO immediately changed the information back. It also told me:

“[U]nauthorized changes have been made to a number of active trademark applications and registrations. These changes may be part of a scheme to register the marks of others on third-party [fraudulent] ‘brand registries.’”

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