On March 26, 2024, Jose Maria DeCastro filed trademark applications for both '1st AMENDMENT AUDITOR' and 'FIRST AMENDMENT AUDITOR' with the US Government. The fileing date appears to be after he was incarcerated in the Clark County Detention Facility. While Mr. DeCastro may have mailed the application, the website states that the signature method was 'Signed directly within the form.' This has led to speculation that Mr. DeCastro, while in custody, may have submitted the application by proxy, authorizing an unnamed individual to act on his behalf.

As the terms are rather generic and the term 1st Amendment Auditor has been used by many in the YouTube community when filming in public places and goverment agencies, there is doubt that the trademark application will be approved. Currently, there is about an 8-month waiting period for the agency completes their preliminary review, which might grant perliminary approval. After that, if approved, his trademark application would then have to survive a period in which others can contest and/or prevent the final approval.

On September 16, 2024, Jose DeCastro was sent a notice of non-final action, alerting him of issues with his trademark application for 'DeleteLawz.' He has until December 16, 2024, to officially respond to the notice. An interesting note is that they recommend he obtain a Trademark attorney.

On February 21, 2024, Jose Maria DeCastro filed a trademark application for 'DeleteLawz'.

It is unknown if it will be accepted and the review process, according to the Federal Trademark website, has a estimated processing time of 8 months or more.

We have noticed possible inconsistencies in the application that may or may not impact the review:

• DeCastro lists himself as owner, claiming to be a LLC, and that 'DeleteLawz' is a DBA (Doing Business As). Jose DeCastro is NOT a LLC and neither is DeleteLawz, according to the Nevada Secretary of State website.
• While the filing is for "DeleteLawz", part of the application appears to be requesting trademark coverage for "Delete Lawz" and "DLZ" as well. This may be the incorrect method of requesting trademarks for 3 different marks.
• If he believes his Navada 'Ethics SCS LLC' is the holder of the trademark, his Nevada LLC is in default with the Nevada Secretary of State according to their website. The State website indicates that a business in default is not allowed to operate until the status has been corrected.

As usual, more information will be provided, and the current information updated, as soon as we receive an update.

On February 2, 2023, Jose Maria DeCastro obtained received a Sole Proprietor business license for 'Jose M DeCastro'.

As of this writing, the Nevada Secretary of State shows this business license as EXPIRED as of February 29, 2024.

On January 15, 2023, Jose Maria DeCastro formed a Nevada version of his California Corporation, this time called Ethics SCS, LLC. It appears to be a remote filing as the corporate address is a virtual address mailbox service. At the time of this writing, the Nevada Secretary of State website list Jose Maria DeCastro as the only officer of the company.

As of this writing, the Nevada Secretary of State shows this company's status as in default status. Jose DeCastro has not filed required paperwork and Ethics SCS LLC is prohibited from conducting business.

A press release from September of 2016 from Hubilu Venture Corporation, a publicly traded real estate consulting and acquisitions company, which specializes in student housing income properties and development opportunities located near Metro stations within the Los Angeles Metro/subway system, announced the appointment of 4 officers, one of which was Jose Maria DeCastro. He title was listed as Vice President of Marketing and stated he had over 20 years of experience.

As of August 17, 2023, Jose DeCastro was still pictured in Hubilu's Twitter banner. Screenshot below.

Twitter Screenshot, 08/17/2023. Jose DeCastro (right).

Twitter Screenshot, 08/17/2023. Jose DeCastro (right).

August 23, 2023 It appears that Jose DeCastro may still be using Ethics SCS, Inc, a suspended California Corporation, to issue Cease & Desist threats to YouTube Content Creators who are expressing their critial opinion of him. We have attached an email received by YouTuber Dickbag Patrol as an example. Dickbag Patrol has been using an animated charater, A.I. Chille, that has a similar sounding voice in parody videos.

In May, 2015, Jose Maria DeCastro formed Ethics SCS, Inc., a California corporation using LegalZoom.com, Inc. The early filings show Jose Maria DeCastro as the CEO, Secretary, and CFO. The initial filings also show two Directors, himself and David Behrend. Later filings retain Mr. DeCastro in the CEO and CFO positions, but show Daniel Lawler as the Secretary. Also, the later filing has Jose DeCastro as the sole Director with David Behrend removed from the filing. Penalty and Suspension records begin appearing in the file in late 2018. While not on any of the paperwork, a Facebook posting from 2015 shows David Condon praising his partners, David Behrend and Jose DeCastro, as they prepare to launch a new social media venture.

The last filing on the Department of State website shows company as Suspended: September 3, 2019.