Trademark owners face an unrelenting torrent of scams. Once your trademark application is filed, there is a good chance that you will receive a fake invoice or some other mailing that tries to sell you services that you do not need. Since trademark applications filed at the USPTO contain contact information, it is a good … Read more
What is WTP? If you have filed a trademark application with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, there is a good chance that you will be targeted as part of some scam. It is, unfortunately, pretty common for applicants to receive fake bills in the mail after filing. One such company sending out these scam … Read more
When filing a trademark application, you will need to provide contact information for the Trademark Office. The information that you provide (in most cases) will be public. This gives scammers the opportunity to reach out and see if they can trick people into giving them money. WTMR (World Trademark Register) is one such company. They … Read more
In a previous post, I discussed trademark scams and how they are used to defraud individuals and businesses out of large amounts of money. Today I thought I would revisit this issue and provide another example. A client recently came to me with the above PTMI Patent and Trademark Institute notice. I want to use … Read more
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