http://codes.lp.findlaw.com/uscode/18/I/47/1001 Firehouse Subs with Trademark Filing Attorney Richard S. Vermut has Committed Trademark Fraud says a jury verdict.

Firehouse Subs and Trademark Attorney Richard S. Vermut got Registered Trademark Through Fraud on USPTO, Jury Says;

Both Jury and a Federal judge found sufficient evidence to support the jury verdict that Firehouse by and through their filing Attorney Richard S. Vermut of the firm Rogers & Towers had committed fraud on the US Patent and Trademark Office.

There are murmurings more legal actions will be pursued for the violation of Federal Code: 18 U.S.C. §

This Trademark Fraud Matter goes way beyond "Failure to Conduct Independent Inquiry".