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  • Trademark Scam Awareness

Protect Against Trademark Scams

Trademark owners often receive misleading letters, emails, invoices, or calls that look official but are not from the USPTO. Some notices may request unnecessary payments, claim urgent deadlines, or use confusing language to appear government-related.

US Trademark Support helps review suspicious trademark notices, compare them with the official USPTO record, and identify whether a response, payment, or filing action may actually be required.

Support for suspicious notices, USPTO record checks, deadline review, and trademark filing guidance.

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Trademark Case Support

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Track abandoned, refused, suspended, and conflicted trademark matters that require timely USPTO review, response, or recovery support.

How to Protect Yourself?

Common Types of Trademark Scams

Trademark owners may receive misleading invoices, emails, calls, or letters that appear official but are not from the USPTO. These notices often create urgency, request unnecessary payments, or use government-style language to confuse applicants and registrants.

Step 01

Misleading Invoices

Some companies send invoices for directory listings, publication services, monitoring, or renewal notices that are not required USPTO government fees. Always verify the sender and compare the request with the official USPTO record.

Step 02

Fake Deadline Notices

Scam notices may claim that immediate payment is required to avoid cancellation, abandonment, or loss of rights. Before paying, confirm whether the deadline is real and whether the filing is actually required.

Step 03

Official-Looking Emails

Some messages use formal wording, seals, government-style names, or urgent subject lines to appear official. Review the sender, website, payment instructions, and USPTO record before responding.

Trademark FAQs

Find answers to common trademark questions, including Office Actions, abandoned applications, specimens, Statements of Use, renewals, fees, and USPTO case support.

  • What is a trademark?

    A trademark is a name, logo, slogan, phrase, design, or symbol that helps customers identify the source of goods or services.

  • What is an Office Action?

    An Office Action is an official USPTO notice stating that an application has an issue that must be addressed before it can move forward. Common issues include refusals, specimen problems, disclaimers, classification changes, or conflicts with another mark.

  • What does abandoned mean?

    An abandoned trademark application is no longer active because a required USPTO action was not completed on time, such as responding to an Office Action or filing a Statement of Use.

  • Can an abandoned application be revived?

    Sometimes. Revival depends on the reason for abandonment, the deadline, and the USPTO record. If revival is not available, refiling may be considered.

  • What is a Statement of Use?

    A Statement of Use is filed when an intent-to-use application is ready to show actual use of the mark in commerce. It usually requires a specimen and a USPTO filing fee.

  • What are Section 8 and Section 9 filings?

    Section 8 confirms that a registered trademark is still in use. Section 9 renews the registration. These filings help keep a trademark registration active.

  • What is a trademark specimen?

    A specimen is proof showing the trademark in actual use. For goods, this may be packaging, labels, tags, or a product page with ordering information. For services, it may be a website, ad, brochure, or service page.

  • What are your service fees?

    Our standard service fee is $50 for filing support and administrative assistance. If legal counsel or attorney-level review is requested, the legal counsel fee is $500. USPTO government fees are separate.

  • Is US Trademark Support the USPTO?

    No. US Trademark Support is an independent trademark support service. We are not the USPTO, not a government agency, and not affiliated with the USPTO.

  • Can you guarantee approval?

    No. The USPTO makes the final decision. No approval, registration, revival, renewal acceptance, or specific outcome can be guaranteed.

Trademark Case Support Starts Here

Have a USPTO Office Action, abandoned application, Statement of Use deadline, renewal notice, or conflicting trademark issue? Contact US Trademark Support to review your case and move forward with the correct next step.

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Have an abandoned application, USPTO refusal, conflicting filing, or upcoming trademark deadline? Contact our support team to review your record and identify the next available step.