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Feb 12, 2019 · Recognizing common signs of a scam can help you avoid costly mistakes. Scammers can be very convincing because they exploit publicly available information.They often pretend to be from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), state there’s some sort of problem with your application or registration, pressure you to act immediately, and tell you to pay some sort of fee or provide ...
Jan 2, 2024 · The World Intellectual Property Organization (“WIPO”) also maintains a list of current scam solicitations concerning international applications and registrations: WIPO: Warning. Conclusion While the USPTO has taken certain steps to combat the rise in fraudulent trademark solicitations, the best way to avoid falling prey to these scams is to ...
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The email landed in my spam folder, and supposedly came from a paralegal from Trademark Dock- a trademark company based out of Newark, NJ. The email claims that someone is trying to file a trademark through them that matches my business' name, they found my information when doing due diligence on the IP, and that if they go through with it I ...
Feb 7, 2020 · Examples of scam notices could include a facsimile of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) logo, notices mimicking the look of actual communications containing a reference to an ...
Dec 6, 2021 · If you believe an attorney may have been involved in a scam, please email the Office of Enrollment and Discipline at OED@uspto.gov. (link sends email) . If you were directed to engage with a suspicious entity via a sponsored advertisement, report the ad to the company or search engine that ran it. For example, report advertisements suspected of ...
Jul 26, 2023 · Such misleading scams are solicitations often trying to get trademark owners to pay money for services that either do not exist or are unnecessary. July 26, 2023 at 12:33 PM 7 minute read
Feb 6, 2024 · Recently, Hampshire Trading Standards, an organization that gives advice to consumers and businesses in Hampshire, England on problems with goods and services—including scams—received a complaint from a local business that a company called Intellectual Property Agency Ltd. (“IPAL”—how friendly!) had sent an invoice in the amount of £1,280 (approximately $2000) to renew a trademark ...
