Fraudulent Solicitations
There are many companies soliciting trademark owners for money. They obtain information about your trademarks from the various different databases and then send solicitations and offers appearing to be government entities. Most of these are fraudulent solicitations and should be discarded. If you receive any solicitations requesting the payment of money from anyone other than this office, it can be discarded. For some examples, see the links below.
Company for Publications and Information
iSupport.net Domain Name Solicitation
United States Trademark Protection Agency
International Data Medium Registration (Version 1)
International Data Medium Registration (Version 2)
Media:net:com Fraudulent Trademark Service
Patent Trademark Register – Register of International Patents
Register of International Patents and Trademarks (Version 1)
Register of International Patents and Trademarks (Version 2)
United States Trademark Renewal Service
United States Trademark Service
The problem of fraudulent solicitations has become so pervasive, that the Madrid System for the International Registration of Marks publishes the following cautionary notice on its website:
Warning
On several occasions, the attention of the International Bureau has been drawn to the fact that certain organizations are sending letters to the owners of international registrations, inviting them to register their marks in publications which appear to be of an official nature. The International Bureau warns the owners of international registrations and their agents that such a publication has absolutely no legal effect in regard to the protection of the said marks and is therefore unnecessary. As this problem has become more pervasive, WIPO has published an Information Notice warningFurther information from WIPO International Registrants to ignore these unsolicited communications.