Please join us 9/27/2021 at 1:00pm for a discussion:

United States Patent and Trademark Office Crackdown on Scammers. For years, owners of United States Trademark Registrations have been plagued by scam letters requesting payments to renews trademark registrations. Though trademark registrations must be renewed, these letters did not come from the actual USPTO but a scam corporation. After months of investigation, the United States government finally caught the scammers.

We will discuss the indictment (here)

And the plea agreement reached (here)

Amazon Joint Litigation and new IP Registration Systems

We will examine statements and strategies utilized by Amazon.com in two newly filed cases:

1. Amazon v. Pengyu building materials et al. (here)
2. Amazon. v. Dafang Haojiafu hotpot store et al. (here)

Pleadings submitted by Amazon reference useful tools IP holders should be aware of. These tools include:

Amazon Brand Registry

Amazon Project Zero (Here)

Amazon Transparency (Here)

All are welcome to attend. To join the discussion, please RSVP via email to elisham @ socalip.com (remove the spaces, which have been inserted to thwart spammers) by noon the day of the program to obtain a video conference link. The State Bar of California approves this activity for one hour of CLE credit.