Scam solicitations mailed to trademark registrants and applicants in the US continue to proliferate. A client this week forwarded me the offer below from “IPTA”, the International Patent & Trademark Agency.
The cost for a listing in the scam publication is a mere $2,356.00. This publication has no legal or other significance. Their website is under construction. The disclaimer doesn’t even make complete sense or have proper grammar.
Note that the USPTO will hold a roundtable covering scams that prey on trademark filers on July 26th.
I got exactly the same offers dated 11.05.2017 for two of my trademarks to the tune of US$2098 each.
I thought, hang on, there is something not right here. For starters the date is not the usual US date format and second, I’ve never had any agreement with IPTA. I pay a Trademark attorney to take care of all that.
A bloody disgrace!
Just got one today and I knew it was a scam! Same exact letter.
Thanks for sharing!
Got one myself. Thanks for verifying for me.
They are still sending those letters… Almost have paid one myself today but decided to Google it for any case! Thanks for verifying!
I received one of those letters today! Thanks for warning about it!
I just received one of those on Aug 2/2018,. The amount is $2793.Canadian.
Thanks for helping to deter these crooks.