Help Needed: Competitor Hijacked My Trademark, Sabotaged My Listing
Hey everyone,I just became a victim a terrifying new blackhat tactic that’s hurting small honest sellers. My competitor forged my signature to illegally transfer my U.S. trademark. It cost less that $300 to transfer. However, in order to get back, you need to hire an attorney cost you $400/ hours, costing anywhere $2500-4000, and waiting at least 20-30 days for the USPTO to restore my rights.
Meanwhile, the competitor register my trademark to his Amazon account and accuse me stealing his trademark. As a result, Amazon banned us on own listing, and suspended our account, and we lost december sales, about $30,000+. Now he enter my listing to selling fakes product to sabotage our hard built reviews. It looks like there is nothing to do unless USPTO restore your ownership.
I’m sharing this because I never imagined it could be this easy for fraudsters to hijack a trademark just like that. If anyone has experience dealing with something like this, I’d love to hear your advice. Any help or recommendations would mean a lot to me right now.
Thank you for reading and for any support you can offer. Please feel free to share or tag anyone who might be able to help. Let’s stand up against these underhanded tactics and protect honest businesses!
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Seller_NbYSGJ8Tehgbv
This is laughably incorrect.
If anyone is concerned that their trademark will get magically transferred with a forged signature, here is a piece of information you might find useful.
To transfer a US trademark, you need:
A deed of assignment: This document must include:
The names and addresses of the current and new owners
The date of the transfer
Details of the trademark
The names, functions, and signatures of both parties
To record the assignment with the USPTO
To ensure compliance with goodwill transfer
To check for existing recorded assignments
You may also need to file a trademark assignment application with the relevant intellectual property office or registry.
Seller_emLciOdTppd2O
@Jim_Amazon Hi, can you take a look, my recent case is: 16981483861
