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American attorney, Chinese firm filed ‘thousands’ of fake trademark applications with USPTO, Amazon says

By Melissa Ritti ( September 18, 2024, 20:33 GMT | Insight) -- A new lawsuit by Amazon’s Counterfeit Crimes Unit accuses Jonathan Morton and Asin Enterprise Management Consulting of applying for thousands of phony trademarks with the US Patent and Trademark Office, which were then used to issue false takedown notices via the e-tailer’s Brand Registry program. The defendants, who were paid by clients that would not otherwise enjoy access to Brand Registry, allegedly skirted USPTO rules requiring foreign trademark applicants to have a US attorney.Amazon’s Counterfeit Crimes Unit, or CCU, has filed a sprawling complaint against an American attorney currently living in Japan and a Chinese company whose actions allegedly led to 5,400 bogus notices of trademark and copyright infringement....

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