By Gina Bongiovi, on July 2nd, 2012 One of my clients recently called in a panic because she had just received a notice that the trademarks I’d filed on her behalf were cancelled. As it turns out, the notice was a fake. It looked official and made reference to the USPTO, but tried to deceive her into paying the company that sent it extra money to revive the applications.
The USPTO enclosed a notice about these deceptive solicitations with a trademark I recently received. An article on their website describes the types of notices to watch out for and what to do if you receive one. In short, if you suspect a solicitation is deceptive, file a complaint with the FTC at www.FTC.gov.
Also, e-mail the USPTO at TMFeedback@uspto.gov, preferably including a copy of the
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By Gina Bongiovi, on May 3rd, 2010 
I recently attended one of my favorite networking events, the CEO-CFO Group. The room is filled largely by other people who serve the same clients I do and every time I enter the room, I hug and shake hands with a bunch of people with whom I’ve developed relationships over the course of the last year and a half. As I stood chatting with someone I hadn’t seen in a few weeks, I was buzzed by a BCC – a business card collector. This woman worked for a national bank, was a new face at the lunch as far as I could tell, and clearly wanted only to trade cards with people. She didn’t even bother to introduce herself and find out my name. It was just, “here’s
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