Rise In Trademark Scams Targeting Our Construction Clients

Recently, we have seen an uptick in a trademark solicitation scam being sent to our clients. These solicitations claim to be from a law firm that has been asked to file a trademark application on behalf of a third party that happens to have the same name, with language similar to the following:

The sender then claims to be willing to facilitate trademark registration services for the recipient prior to registering the mark on behalf of the other company, and threatens that if the recipient does not act quickly, the other company will register the recipient's brand name:

The email often includes a colorful and professional-looking signature block and links to a website to further convince business owners that the outreach is legitimate. Some of the names we have seen in these solicitations include Lawsuit Neo, Trademark Blink, Trademark Crafty, Trademark Sprint and Trademark Rising.