Source: http://bluemaumau.org/2016_firehouse_subs_franchise_trademark_fraud_who_criminally_violated_18_usc_%C2%A7_1001
Timestamp: 2017-06-28 20:50:22
Document Index: 755179930

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1001', '§ 1001', '§ 3571', '§ 1001', '§11', '§ 11', '§ 1001', '§1001']

2016 Firehouse Subs Franchise Trademark Fraud. Who Criminally violated 18 U.S.C. § 1001? | BlueMauMau, franchise news for franchisees
Posted Fri, 2016-06-24 09:00 by William H. Rogers Firehouse Subs Fraud on the USPTO - 18 U.S.C. Section 1001
Sub-Title: 2016 Firehouse Subs Franchise Trademark Fraud. Who Criminally violated 18 U.S.C. § 1001?
Under 18 U.S.C. § 3571, the maximum fine under Section 1001 is at least $250,000 for individuals and $500,000 for corporations. Alternatively, if any person derives pecuniary gain from the offense, or if the offense results in a pecuniary loss to a person other than the defendant, the defendant may be fined not more than the greater of twice the gross gain or twice the gross loss. Secondly, the general answer to who should be held accountable under 18 U.S.C. § 1001 is Richard S. Vermut, Firehouse Subs IP "Attorney of Record" at the USPTO under 37 C.F.R. §11.18(b)(2)(i).
Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 11.18(b)(2)(i), a registered practitioner who presents a paper to the Office [implicitly] certifies to the best of his or her knowledge, information, and belief formed after an inquiry reasonable under the circumstances that, inter alia, the paper is not being presented for any improper purpose. A practitioner who submits an information disclosure statement without inspecting the submitted documents -i.e., merely acts as a conduit for another person – is considered to have made a false certification to the Office. It is my firm belief Ms. Tala A. Woods was just a pawn used one time by Richard S. Vermut (TTAB "Attorney of Record") to file the Registration Application Number 3173030 based on my fact findings. Whereas, BEFORE and AFTER the Application of Registration Number 3173030 in March 2003 either Richard S. Vermut or Firehouse Subs, Co-Founder, Robin Sorensen always signed-off on all the "Declaration(s)" under 18 U.S.C. § 1001.
Please see the Exhibit and/or designated links below. The BIG PICTURE in this Firehouse Subs illicit Trademark Application matter is Mr. Richard S. Vermut alongside Robin Sorensen had admitted on the public Federal Court Record to having full foreknowledge in "August 2002" of other Senior Users of the word "firehouse" (Firehouse Grill & Pub Inc, Tampa, FL.) during the Application of Registration Number 3173030 filed in March 2003 and that Registration Application was found to be obtained by fraud in 2011. Thereafter, despite the date of "August 2002" given in sworn Trial Testimony by "Sorensen" Richard S. Vermut alongside Firehouse Subs, Co-Founder, Robin Sorensen filed 25+ Trademark Registration Applications AFTER "August 2002" regarding the word mark(s) "Firehouse" that as a matter of law repeatedly violated 18 U.S.C. §1001.
Former Professional Firefighter (Rockledge, Florida), Concerned Citizen and Investigative Author Author of “Firehouse Subs Fraud on the USPTO” © Copyright This is an excerpt from the book publishing due out in late 2016 or early 2017. Other Published Blue Mau Mau Online Articles by this Author:
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