Scammers have grown increasingly sophisticated at passing themselves off as the agency and demanding fees from unsuspecting applicants. Adding federal registration will give the PTO one more tool to crack down, but one practitioner said it will probably take more involvement from law enforcement to make a difference.
August 05, 2021 at 08:57 PM
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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is looking to beef up its own trademark protection.
The agency announced Thursday that the Department of Commerce has applied to register the USPTO’s marks in a bid to crack down on scammers who are impersonating the agency.
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