6-28-2025 7:55am

US Patent Office Issues Precedential Sanctions Against Foreign Filing Firm

Lorraine Mabbett Editor

The order explains that improper signatures made with intent to circumvent the USPTO rules are not correctable & may invalidate the trademark application or registration.

The US Patent & Trade Office detailed the reason for the "precedential administrative Final Order for Sanctions" as part of the agency's efforts to

Mitigate threats
Protect the integrity of the U.S. intellectual property system
USPTO announces new group to mitigate threats to the patent system | USPTO

The order sanctions

Stelcore Management Services, LLC on June 13, a foreign filing firm
for improperly entering signatures in trademark submissions
respondents
terminates trademark application proceedings

...respondents improperly entered the applicant and attorney signatures and provided false signatory information as well as false attorney information.

The order explains that improper signatures made with intent to circumvent the USPTO rules are not correctable and may invalidate the trademark application or registration.

"The final order shows the harm to the trademark register from improper signatures by concluding that “[f]alse signature information substantially prejudices the USPTO’s ability to carry out its mandate to register only those marks for which the appropriate factual foundation supports registration."

"The Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (TMEP) will be updated in November to include this order."

USPTO issues Order for Sanctions against foreign filing firm | USPTO

No statement has been released by Mumbai, Maharashtra based Stelcore. Bharat Mandot, the CEO of Stelcore Group, is scheduled to speak at the upcoming Shiprocket Shivar. The conference is scheduled for July 11, 2025 in Pullman Aerocity, New Delhi. It is promoted as "Shiprocket SHIVIR 2025 is Bharat’s most forward-thinking commerce conclave—designed to help you adapt, evolve and thrive in a rapidly changing ecosystem."

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