Unethical: filing of frivolous trademarks This company allows attorneys working for them to file frivolous trademarks in the US for Chinese companies who are trying to abuse our trademark system. Evan Marshall Seale has filed a trademark for "Happy Camper" in the clothing category for an individual in China. Filing frivolous trademarks is unethical, it jams up and slows down the USPTO for all citizens, wastes US tax payer dollars, and frivolous trademarks are harmful to small business owners in the United States who are trying to make products for consumers. This Chinese individual is simply trying to "corner the market" on common phrases and ideas that are legally considered decorative in nature (which does not qualify for a trademark) and do not properly represent a brand or an actual functioning company. The specimen provided by Mr. Huang in the filing (a fake tag on a blank shirt) makes it abundantly clear that this is not a brand name, this is just a ploy to keep other small businesses from using this phrase on their products. This is not why trademarks exist. They exist to help companies prevent brand confusion. The idea for flat fee services sounds good, in theory, but Flat Fee should be turning away customers who ask them to do things that are unethical and harmful to others and should instruct the attorneys working for them not to file these types of trademarks.

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