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What are the common trademark transfer scams?

Scam 1: Falsely claiming trademark rejection to scare registrants

After submitting the trademark registration application and pending review, the unscrupulous agency pretends to be a department of the Trademark Office through text messages, emails, phone calls, etc. It is found internally that the trademark has been rejected. If you want the trademark to be approved, you can cooperate with the purpose of defrauding high cooperation fees.

Scam 2: Sending pay-on-delivery postage documents to defraud express delivery 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 Examination Announcement Notice" pay-on-delivery Mail it to the trademark registrant and use the courier company to collect the postage to defraud money.

The Trademark Preliminary Examination Announcement Notice is a document posted on the official website of the Trademark Office, and anyone can download and print it;

The State Intellectual Property Office will only issue the red-headed document of the Trademark Preliminary Examination Announcement to The agency that submits the trademark registration application will not send any documents with postage paid on delivery to the trademark registrant. Please refuse to accept such express delivery with postage paid on delivery.

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

The notorious "certain firm" in the industry, the full name is "** Trademark Firm Co., Ltd.", the registered place In Xi'an, it was falsely claimed that it was the National Bureau of Examination and Examination Division 5, and the trademark renewal was charged two and a half years in advance (trademark renewal must be processed within one year before expiration, and the State Intellectual Property Office will not accept the application in advance), a certain business office renewed The exhibition fee is 3,650 yuan per piece (the market price is about 1,000 yuan). They only cheat money and never do anything. "A certain business office" has been complained to on the official website of the Trademark Office many times.

Scam 4: Deceiving trademark registrants into applying for a false "Certificate of Exclusive Rights to Trademark"

A notorious "certain business firm" deceives registrants into applying for "Certificate of Exclusive Rights to Trademarks" , after the trademark registration is successful, the State Intellectual Property Office issues a "Trademark Registration Certificate". There is no so-called "Trademark Exclusive Rights Certificate" at all. Please do not believe it. The picture below shows the content of the complaint about "a certain business firm" on the official website of the Trademark Office

The fraud methods are far more than the above four categories, and there are also unreasonable money-sucking names such as "Internet Brand" and "Electronic Trademark". Trademarks Registrants please keep your eyes open and be cautious. If you receive charges related to trademarks and patents, please contact our company in time to avoid being deceived.

Scam 5: Internet intellectual property rights expire

Once intellectual property rights are approved for registration, they can be used offline or online. Therefore, there is no additional registration or supervision of Internet intellectual property rights. , Internet intellectual property is a false concept, be careful not to be deceived.

?Scam 6: Electronic trademark

The expression form of electronic trademark is "trademark name.TM". TM is indeed the abbreviation of Trade Mark (trademark), but in the domain name certificate, It is actually the country domain name of Turkmenistan (abbreviation: tm). For example, my country's country domain name is .cn. Therefore electronic trademarks are a complete scam.