Decluttering the US Trademark Register from Fraudulent Filings

The United States Trademark Office has terminated over 52,000 trademark pending registrations and registrations based on widespread fraud by a foreign-filing entity.  Notably, the sanctions order states the following administrative sanctions:

(1) Permanently preclude Respondents from submitting trademark-related documents on behalf of Respondents or others; (2) Strike or otherwise give no weight to all trademark-related documents submitted by Respondents; (3) Deactivate any USPTO accounts in which contact information related to Respondents appears, and take action to prevent Respondents from creating or activating further accounts; (4) Block future financial transactions from credit cards used to pay filing fees associated with the improper submissions and/or associated with Respondents; (5) Terminate all pending proceedings identified by Serial Numbers in Exhibit A because they contain submissions filed by Respondents. . .; (6) For trademark proceedings later found to involve Respondents or containing submissions filed by Respondents, continue to strike documents, remove information, deactivate accounts, block financial transactions, and terminate proceedings.

The Press Release states:

On August 6, 2025, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued sanctions against a foreign filing firm and terminated over 52,000 applications and registrations connected to the firm. The firm submitted documents on behalf of others without the proper authority or qualifications. To conceal this, they: Sought out the cooperation of U.S.-licensed attorneys and then misused their credentials and faked their electronic signatures; Repeatedly signed documents using other people’s names; Submitted fake specimens of use; and Misused USPTO.gov accounts. By removing these records from the trademark register, the USPTO is helping ensure the register accurately reflects trademarks that are actually being used in commerce.