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Protecting Trademarks and Brands Against Sophisticated AI-Driven Scams and Schemes

Attorneys and companies alike are witnessing a paradigm shift occurring during the protection of intellectual property assets, encountering more sophisticated solicitations designed to appear as official correspondence from the USPTO, and outright scams utilizing information publicly available through the USPTO for pending trademark applications and existing registrations.

7 minute read August 01, 2024 at 12:10 AM
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Damon Whitaker, Jill Chalmers, Matt Minder and Steve Trubac
Protecting Trademarks and Brands Against Sophisticated AI-Driven Scams and Schemes

Attorneys and companies alike are witnessing a paradigm shift occurring during the protection of intellectual property assets, encountering more sophisticated solicitations designed to appear as official correspondence from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), and outright scams utilizing information publicly available through the USPTO for pending trademark applications and existing registrations.

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