Generated: 2026-04-15 Sources: EMAIL_METADATA_ND0001.csv (181,571 emails) + EMAIL_METADATA_ND0002.csv (95,330 emails) Legal Theory: Each email from Martha Long to a client bearing an attachment that contains Richard Litman's name constitutes a separate commercial use of his name under NY Civil Rights Law Section 51, dated when the email was SENT (not when the underlying patent issued).
Martha Long sent 36,930 qualifying emails with substantive attachments (PDFs, DOCX, XLSX -- excluding image-only signature files) across 4,861 unique docket numbers referencing patent work performed under Litman's name. Of these:
| Category | Count |
|---|---|
| Total qualifying emails | 36,930 |
| Post-SOL (after 6/15/2020) | 33,486 |
| Post-SOL to external clients | 9,073 |
| Post-entitlement (after 6/15/2025) | 533 |
| Post-entitlement to external clients | 309 |
| Post-entitlement CC'ing Litman | 17 |
| Post-entitlement CC'ing Goldberg | 39 |
| Post-email-elimination (7/18/2025) CC'ing Litman | 9 |
| Latest email date | September 30, 2025 |
The 533 post-entitlement emails are the most legally significant: they occurred after the 5-year entitlement period expired on 6/15/2025, meaning there is zero contractual cover for any name use in this period. The 9 emails CC'ing Litman after 7/18/2025 (the date Goldberg claims email accounts were "eliminated") prove the accounts remained active and were used to route client correspondence -- stacking with Finding #106 (8,024 emails to "eliminated" accounts).
Each Martha Long email carrying a substantive attachment (filing receipt, invoice, patent search report, office action response, etc.) constitutes an independent commercial use because:
The attachments bear Litman's name -- USPTO Filing Receipts list "37833 / Richard C. Litman / Nath, Goldberg & Meyer" in the correspondence block. Invoices reference the firm. Cover letters reference Litman as attorney of record.
The date of use is the email send date -- not the patent issue date. This means each email is independently dated as a separate act.
Client-facing distribution = commercial purpose -- These emails went to Middle Eastern university IP offices (KSU, KU, UAEU, KFU, KISR, SACGC, etc.) who retained NGM specifically because of Litman's name and reputation (per Findings #24, #25, #32, #56, #65).
Sent via Litman-domain aliases -- 25,867 emails CC'd @4patent.com client aliases (ksu@, ku@, etc.) -- each routed through NGM's M365 tenant on Litman's personal domain (Finding #43).
| Year | Total | Client-Facing |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1,556 | 1,474 |
| 2020 | 3,565 | 3,291 |
| 2021 | 580 | 534 |
| 2022 | 494 | 38 |
| 2023 | 13,238 | 1,088 |
| 2024 | 12,605 | 3,015 |
| 2025 | 4,892 | 2,850 |
Note: The 2021-2022 dip correlates with the arbitration period. The massive 2023-2024 surge (25,843 emails) represents Goldberg's post-arbitration ramp-up of the client-facing practice using Litman's name -- while simultaneously claiming the agreement had "terminated."
| Document Type | Count |
|---|---|
| Invoice | 13,576 |
| Application/Draft | 8,478 |
| Patent Search | 4,924 |
| Office Action | 3,886 |
| Assignment/CDA | 2,708 |
| Notice of Allowance | 2,211 |
| Filing Receipt | 1,684 |
| Amendment | 1,430 |
| Issue Fee | 1,185 |
| Power of Attorney | 1,152 |
| Petition | 112 |
| Other Document | 34,636 |
Each invoice, filing receipt, NOA, and amendment response bears the firm name "Nath, Goldberg & Meyer" and/or references CN-37833 (which listed "Richard C. Litman" until May 1, 2025). The 1,152 Power of Attorney attachments are particularly significant -- 16 POAs bear Goldberg's personal signature (Finding #1).
| Institution | Emails |
|---|---|
| King Saud University (KSU) | 4,052 |
| Kuwait University (KU) | 854 |
| United Arab Emirates University (UAEU) | 480 |
| Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) | 143 |
| Qatar Foundation (QF) | 140 |
| Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) | 108 |
| King Faisal University (KFU) | 78 |
| Arabian Gulf University (AGU) | 60 |
| Dasman Diabetes Institute (DDI) | 57 |
| Jouf University | 23 |
KSU alone accounts for 4,052 post-SOL client-facing emails -- each a separate Section 51 use.
| Month | Count |
|---|---|
| June 2025 | 359 |
| July 2025 | 165 |
| September 2025 | 9 |
167 unique docket numbers appear in post-entitlement emails spanning at least 8 client institutions.
| Recipient | Emails |
|---|---|
| iptl@ksu.edu.sa (KSU IP Office) | 185 |
| talbahkali@ksu.edu.sa | 160 |
| hhaly@ksu.edu.sa | 160 |
| ovpr.patent@ku.edu.kw (KU Patent Office) | 73 |
| shaikha.alsanea@ku.edu.kw | 67 |
| dr.aldousari@ku.edu.kw | 65 |
| y.alshatti@sacgc.org (SACGC) | 21 |
| ip@uaeu.ac.ae (UAEU) | 12 |
| ahaji@kisr.edu.kw (KISR) | 10 |
| info@kakuk.com | 8 |
| thuraya3@squ.edu.om (SQU) | 6 |
| Docket | Count | Client |
|---|---|---|
| 33044.98S | 12 | Kuwait University |
| 33044.89S | 9 | Kuwait University |
| 33044.91U | 8 | Kuwait University |
| 33190.19U | 8 | King Faisal University |
| 33044.71U | 8 | Kuwait University |
| 33060.79U | 7 | Sabah Al-Ahmad Center |
| 33044.62U | 7 | Kuwait University |
| 33092.16U | 7 | King Saud University |
| 33115.84U | 7 | King Saud University |
| 33044.94S | 7 | Kuwait University |
Nine emails from Martha Long were sent to KSU clients CC'ing Richard Litman at rlitman@nathlaw.com AFTER Goldberg claims the email account was "eliminated" on July 18, 2025. All nine also CC'd Joshua Goldberg. These are devastating because they prove:
| Date | Bates | Subject | Docket |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-24 07:23:29 | C2051472_ND0000221460 | New Patent Search -- Docket 33118.12S -- Esthetic Orthodontic Bracket Reinforced with Enclosing Metal Base | 33118.12S |
| 2025-09-24 07:24:47 | C2051472_ND0000221461 | New Patent Search -- Docket 33118.13S -- Interactive Motor Coordination Training System | 33118.13S |
| 2025-09-24 07:25:30 | C2051472_ND0000221462 | New Patent Search -- Docket 33118.14S -- Ultrasonic Medical Diagnostic Apparatus for Hemorrhage | 33118.14S |
| 2025-09-24 10:03:56 | C2051472_ND0000221475 | RE: The Stamped Invoices | (multiple) |
| 2025-09-30 07:19:14 | C2051472_ND0000223853 | RE: Our Ref.: 1345 - Collapsible and Expandable Atrial Retractor for Mitral Valve Exposure | -- |
| 2025-09-30 07:26:18 | C2051472_ND0000223854 | RE: New Patent Search -- Docket 33115.64S -- STAMP (Surgical Tool for Accurate Membrane Punching) | 33115.64S |
| 2025-09-30 07:29:43 | C2051472_ND0000223855 | New Patent Search -- Docket 33118.16S -- Centrifugal Expansion Polymeric Heart Valve (CEPV) | 33118.16S |
| 2025-09-30 07:31:13 | C2051472_ND0000223856 | New Patent Search -- Docket 33118.17S -- Portable Electromagnetic Lifting and Transport Device | 33118.17S |
| 2025-09-30 10:16:01 | C2051472_ND0000223859 | RE: Official Certified Copies | -- |
All nine sent to KSU (iptl@ksu.edu.sa), CC: ksu@4patent.com + jgoldberg@nathlaw.com + rlitman@nathlaw.com.
Goldberg was on every single one. He saw Litman's name being used and did nothing.
These attachment filenames demonstrate the document types being sent under the firm name:
33092_36_Notice of Allowance Invoice.pdf33092_43_Electronic Filing Receipt.pdf33115.55U_CDA_05052025.docx (Combined Declaration and Assignment)33115.75U CDA - 6-4-25 (2).pdfPOA_Applicant_33115.75U.pdf (Power of Attorney)33092.38Y_RFR_FINAL_07-07-2025.pdf (Response to Final Rejection -- filed July 7, 2025)33115.40U_FR_07-07-2025.pdf (Filing Receipt)33118_12_Search Invoice.pdf -- 33118_17_Search Invoice.pdf (September 2025 invoices)Litman Law - 4 lists.pdfSales Proposal - Richard Litman v2.pdf6 lists- Litman Office.pdf| Finding | Connection |
|---|---|
| #1 (16 POA signatures) | 1,152 POA attachments in Martha's emails -- the distribution channel for Goldberg-signed POAs |
| #13 (Jan 2025 switchover) | Martha's emails continue using Litman's name on filing receipts and correspondence even after Goldberg replaced him on patent front pages |
| #23 (email elimination) | 9 post-7/18 emails CC to rlitman@nathlaw.com prove the account was active |
| #46 (4patent.com aliases) | 25,867 emails via @4patent.com client aliases -- Martha used Litman's domain infrastructure daily |
| #107 (CN-37833 removal) | Filing receipts attached to Martha's emails bore "Richard C. Litman" in the CN-37833 block until May 1, 2025 |
| #106 (8,024 post-elimination emails) | Martha's 9 post-7/18 emails are a subset of the broader 8,024 pattern |
| #70 (July 24, 2025 latest use) | Martha's emails extend active Litman-name client correspondence through September 30, 2025 |
Under the deck-of-cards theory, Martha Long's emails are the largest single category of independently-dated commercial uses of Litman's name:
Combined with the 206 USPTO outgoing documents, 905 patent front pages, 245 trademark dockets, and website evidence, the Martha Long email corpus establishes that Litman's name was used commercially thousands of times per year through the firm's primary client-facing employee.
Full CSV with all 36,930 emails: output/MARTHA_LONG_LITMAN_NAME_EMAILS.csv
Columns: Date, Bates, Source, From, To, CC, Subject, Docket, Attachments, CC_Litman, To_Client, To_Goldberg, Client_Alias, Litman_In_Attach, Post_Entitlement, Has_Docket