Misleading and borderline harassment
I paid over $1000 to begin the process (filing fees, etc) back in December of 2025. Yesterday (April 14) I received a phone call from my "case manager" stating that I would have another $3500+ in fees to the government for trademarking my logo. I informed this case manager that I could not afford to go forward as this was far out of my budget range. The guy kept telling me that it was going to be trademarked for 10 years, that these were the required fees, etc. I told him that I could not afford this due to the current economy and that my business was suffering due to the current geopolitical climate. The guy would not stop badgering me for money. I told him in no uncertain terms (and have screenshotted and saved the texts and emails) that I would not be continuing. He badgered me, telling me that I would not receive my filing fee back, to which I told him "I do not care. Stop contacting me regarding this." It was borderline harassment! Finally, after reaching out to the company directly telling them to direct this guy to stop contacting me, the guy texts me three more times, the first two continuing on about how I was wasting my money (it's my money to waste however I want), but then tells me that if I want to proceed with cancellation, that he would ensure all the records were updated accordingly and would cost me $1299. SERIOUSLY!!! This comes off as extortion to me. I informed them that the company that I worked for knew what was going on (the trademark was for my individual brand within the company) and that we would be keeping an eye on things and if our attorney noticed that they had attempted to trademark my logo (to which I already hold the copyright and used long before the trademark was even a consideration) that we would be taking them to court. My spidey sense is telling me that I'll be taking them to court in the long term.








