When registering a trademark, we must be careful when some organizations say they want to help you register a trademark. They use various means to gain your trust or temptation. The following are the specific behaviors of trademark registration scams. Below we list these main behaviors one by one. Follow the editor to see the behavior of trademark registration scams!

Scam 1: Scare the registrant by falsely claiming that the trademark has been rejected

During the pending review stage after submitting the trademark registration application, the unscrupulous agency pretends to be a department of the Trademark Office and sends messages through text messages and emails. , phone calls, etc. to tell you that the trademark has been rejected. If you want to pass the trademark, you can cooperate to cheat the high cooperation fee.

Scam 2: Sending pay-on-delivery documents to defraud courier fees

After the preliminary review of the trademark, the unscrupulous agency pretends to be the Trademark Office and sends the "State Intellectual Property Office Trademark Preliminary Review Notice" to the trademark registrant. , cheating money in the form of courier companies charging postage. However, the Trademark Preliminary Examination Announcement is a document released by the Trademark Office’s official website, and anyone can download and print it.

Scam 3: Notifying renewal in advance to defraud high renewal fees

In the name of a trademark office or even the Trademark Office, charging high trademark renewal fees two and a half years in advance No service (trademark renewal must be processed within one year before expiration, and the State Intellectual Property Office will not accept it)

Scam 4: Deceive the registrant to apply for a false "Trademark Exclusive Rights Certificate"

< p>After the trademark registration is successful, the State Intellectual Property Office issues a "Trademark Registration Certificate". There is no so-called "Trademark Exclusive Warrant". Please do not believe this.

Scam 5: Expiration of Internet intellectual property rights

Once the intellectual property is allowed to be registered, it can be used online or offline. Therefore, there is no other registration or supervision of Internet intellectual property rights. Internet intellectual property rights are a pseudo-concept, so be careful of being deceived.

Scam 6: Electronic Trademark

The electronic trademark is expressed in the form of "TradeMark NameTM", which is indeed the abbreviation of TradeMark (trademark), but in the domain name certificate, it is actually Turkmenistan (Abbreviation: TM) country domain name, such as China's country domain name. cn. Therefore, electronic trademarks are a complete scam.

Scam 7: Falsely claiming that the company name can be frozen to prevent it from being applied by others.

If a bad agency company falsely claims to have registered a trademark, the company's trademark can be frozen to prevent others from infringing.

By understanding these scams, companies are reminded that when looking for a trademark business agency, they must choose a formal professional agency. The state has strict identification conditions for trademark agencies, which are published on the China Trademark Online. Enterprises can check the agency’s qualifications on the China Trademark Online. Only institutions that have successfully registered with the Trademark Office have trademark agency qualifications and quality assurance.

Remind again! Trademark registrants please keep your eyes open and caution is the first priority. If you receive charges related to trademarks and patents, please contact our consultants in time to avoid being deceived.