Warning over misleading payment requests
The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has issued a warning to customers to be vigilant after an increase in misleading payment requests sent by organisations who are not affiliated to the IPO. The emails have taken the form of invoices which request payment for trade marks, designs or patent services.
Once paid for, these services may simply never be provided, or may be of little or no benefit to the customer (for example, inclusion on an ‘exclusive online register’ not recognised by the IPO or any other official body).
These organisations are not connected with the IPO or any other government body.
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