1, Report:
#865915
Posted Date:
Apr 10 2012
United States Trademark Registration Office Internet, California
Got letter from United States Trademark Registration Office, 633 West Fifth St, 28th Flr, LA, CA. it did not have phone number. said in fine print this is a solicitation. However, the form of the solicitation looked like a bill. There was No phone number. their service (to renew my ...
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Categories: Patent & Trademark Services
2, Report:
#860118
Posted Date:
Mar 27 2012
United States Trademark Registration Office Deceitful attempt to look like an official US Agency and bill me for $395.00 Los Angeles , California
I am in the process of registering my name as a trademark brand;
I used a lawyer to go through the process and he informed me that all fees necessary had been taken care off but that i will receive deceitful mails impersonating official agencies, claiming that additional fees are d...
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Categories: Patent & Trademark Services
3, Report:
#859511
Posted Date:
Mar 26 2012
JRM International Products, Inc. They sent an official looking letter giving the impression that we needed to pay $375.00 for our trademark. At the top in bold letters it says UNITED STATES TRADEMARK REGISTRATION OFFICE. Underneath Indianapolis, Indiana
We received a letter (very official looking) with the words UNITED STATES TRADEMARK REGISTRATION OFFICE all capitalized at the top and down a bit in all caps said IMPORTANT NOTIFICATION REGARDING YOUR FEDERAL TRADEMARK. It gives a serial number and says FEE: $375.00 and NOW DUE. Wha...
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Categories: Patent & Trademark Services
4, Report:
#858456
Posted Date:
Mar 23 2012
United States Trademark Registration Service Crooked Chameleons Pretending to be Trademark Office! LA , California
Back in 1985 I registered a trademark for a comic book character I owned, and have renewed it every ten years or so since. In early February I received a very official-looking letter from the United States Trademark Registration Office telling me I had an IMPORTANT NOTIFICATION REGA...
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Categories: Questionable Activities
5, Report:
#858037
Posted Date:
Mar 23 2012
United States Trademark Registration Office Strikes again....Thanks to this web site and other reporters. Los Angeles, California
I would like to add my voice to the others who received a very official looking letter from The United States Trademark Registration Office. I have filed for a trademark for my product. The letter contained all my information i.e. the name of the product, the date ...
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Categories: Lawyers
6, Report:
#856089
Posted Date:
Mar 19 2012
United States Trademark Registration Office This notice comes off as official -- but look at the 3rd paragraph. I wonder how many people this sham is ripping off. Really awful!!!! We ALMOST paid it until we looked up the scam on this site. Los Angeles, California
This letter came off as a formal demand for monies due for our trademark application - from UNITED STATES TRADEMARK REGISTRATION OFFICE. It's a complete scam. The third paragraph reads what it really is -- This is awful and needs to be shut down.
Entity
Categories: Patent & Trademark Services
7, Report:
#844200
Posted Date:
Feb 24 2012
US Trademark Registration Office United States Trademark Registration Office For trademark registration & Monitoring Los Angeles, California
This looks incredibly like a U.S. Government letter from the U.S Patent and trademark office. They wanted $375 to register the trademark. I just paid the USPTO for the renewal, and thought that there was some sort of mix-up so called the Govt site to verify receipt of payment....
Entity
Categories: Legal Process Services
8, Report:
#836808
Posted Date:
Feb 17 2012
Ehline Law Firm PC pretend to be United States Trademark Registration Office Received a formal looking letter from this company's address, disguising as US Trademark Office Los Angeles, California
Received a very official looking letter demanding $375 Now Due processing fee for trademark registration. The letter states it is from the United States Trademark Registration Office, Trademark Registration and Monitoring Division. It's full of intimidating legal wording. ...
Entity
Categories: Legal Process Services
9, Report:
#840468
Posted Date:
Feb 17 2012
United States Trademark Registration Office Sends false bills that look VERY much like U.S. government bills. Los Angeles, California
The bill they send to protect your trademark looks so much like the real bills you get from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office it's crazy.
Entity
Categories: Attorneys & Legal Services
10, Report:
#840184
Posted Date:
Feb 16 2012
United States Trademark Registration Office Trademark Registration and Monitoring Division Received a letter demanding a $375 processing fee Due Now. The letter is clearly attempting to mislead recipients by impersonating a Federal Agency. The disclaimer that it is a solicitation is bur Los Angeles, California
I received a letter from the United States Trademark Registration Office - Trademark Registration and Monitoring Division in Feb 2011. The letter demanded $375.00 DUE NOW as a Processing Fee for a trademark I own. The name of the company and the letter content are extremely misleadi...
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Categories: Federal Government
11, Report:
#838468
Posted Date:
Feb 14 2012
United States Trademark Registration Office Mailied me a deceptive form that purposrts to be government-related, but indeed is not. Los Angeles, California
I am furious with scam artists that go to great lengths to make a solicitation look like an official document. Anyone who takes this step is inherently dishonest. I didn't bite; as one involved in the industry, it was an obvious scam to me. I just hope that others read this and file...
Entity
Categories: Legal Process Services
12, Report:
#838042
Posted Date:
Feb 12 2012
United States Trademark Registration Office Trademark Registration and Monitoring Division I knew when I opened the envelope, it was probably a scam. I had another similar Invoice from a government agency last year and I paid the bill without searching on the internet under Complaints. Los Angeles , California
Receiving a request for payment from a federal agency is always a RED FLAG when mailed to the home address. I knew when started to read the IMPORTANT NOTIFICATION REGARDING YOUR FEDERAL TRADEMARK that this was probably a scam. Federal Agencies do not warn you that a license is...
Entity
Categories: Patent & Trademark Services
13, Report:
#837595
Posted Date:
Feb 11 2012
United States Trademark Registration Office Pretty slick. May cause a lot of people to contact their IP attorney to see if there is anything behind it. Ca-ching, that would be a $100 call and laugh. I'm not sure how many might fall but I wou Bogus trademark registration scam cost me time to check it out. Trying to imitate Government office. San Francisco, California
Sent a very official looking document that was headed with IMPORTANT NOTIFICATION REGARDING YOUR FEDERAL TRADEMARK They made it appear as though the U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP) and the United States Patent and Trademark Office were working together to investigat...
Entity
Categories: Patent & Trademark Services
14, Report:
#837247
Posted Date:
Feb 10 2012
United States Trademark Registration Office The perpetrators of this scam are pretty slick. However, there's not FAX, No phone, and no email. Apparently, the only way they can be reached is with a signed check. And for that reason I knew that Los Angeles, California
The perpetrators of this scam are pretty slick. However, there's not FAX, No phone, and no email. Apparently, the
only way they can be reached is with a signed check. And for that reason I knew that it was a rip-off. Come on guys, your living in the Stone Age, technology is y...
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Categories: Attorneys & Legal Services
15, Report:
#835930
Posted Date:
Feb 08 2012
United States Trademark Registration Office Trademark Registration and Monitoring Divsion Highly deceptive direct mailing in the form off an invoice from an official government office Los Angeles, California
The invoice you receive makes you think its coming from the US Patent and Trademark office and that it is for a registration fee due to the official government office. However, if you look at the detailed test, you will find that is actually a solicitation and not a bill.
Tradem...
Entity
Categories: Patent & Trademark Services
16, Report:
#834719
Posted Date:
Feb 06 2012
United States Trademark Registration Office Disguises mail as Government, mentioning Homeland Security and other US agencies. Most people will look twice but the lowlifes that send it seem to think their lawyers will scare people off and not Fl Los Angeles, California
Scammer lawyers from LA trying to fool people by making their mail appear to be government. It mentions a bunch of official agency names and tries to look like something other than the sleazy low life attorneys. They are not good enough to stand up in real work so they decided to be...
Entity
Categories: Questionable Activities
17, Report:
#834671
Posted Date:
Feb 06 2012
United States Trademark Registration Office US Trademark Registration Office Sent a bogus invoice by mail for an annual renewal service that appeared to be required & due immediately. Los Angeles California
They sent a bogus invoice by mail for an annual renewal service that appeared to be required & due immediately.
Entity
Categories: Patent & Trademark Services
18, Report:
#833089
Posted Date:
Feb 03 2012
United States Trademark Registration Office This official sounding company is just a scam out of Los Angeles, California
After renewing our trademark a few months back, we recently received a letter from the United States Trademark Registration Office stating that there was a $375 fee Now Due, to register our Trademark with the US Customs & Border Protection Bureau, part of the Department of Homel...
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Categories: Patent & Trademark Services
19, Report:
#825468
Posted Date:
Jan 20 2012
UNITED STATES TRADEMARK REGISTRATION OFFICE THEY TRIED TO ACT AS A GOVERNMENT AGENCY AND ASKED FOR $375 FOR A PROCESSING FEE FOR OUR NEW TRADEMARK LOS ANGELES, California
We recently received our trademark and shortly afterwards received a notification in the mail stating we owe $375 as a processing fee for registering our trademark with the US Government. The document looked very official but I had reservations, so showed it to our trademark attorne...
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Categories: Federal Government
20, Report:
#818183
Posted Date:
Jan 05 2012
United States Trademark Registration Office Trademark Registration and Monitoring Division title and format poses as being part of the Trademark office itself Los Angeles, California
The title of the company and format of this mailing is deceptive- and poses to be part of the official government Trademark department. The pricing is the same as my Trademark renewal fee itself, and the form makes me think that I am due to renew, in fact, missed my renewal da...
Entity
Categories: Legal Process Services
21, Report:
#817871
Posted Date:
Jan 04 2012
United States Trademark Registration Office Fraudulent Representation as a U.S. Government Agency Los Angeles, California
Received an invoice for a trademark processing fee from United States Trademark Registration Office in December 2011. This is the same invoice others have reported receiving during this timeframe. It contains correct information for the trademark registration number and ...
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Categories: Federal Government
22, Report:
#816943
Posted Date:
Jan 02 2012
United States Trademark Registration Office Spoof letter appearing as an obligation to pay a $375.00 fee for an ill-defined monitoring service for your registered trademark. Offering is full of misspellings and meaningless phrases intended to Los Angeles, California
Spoof letter appearing as an obligation to pay a $375.00 fee for an ill-defined monitoring service for your registered trademark. Offering is full of misspellings and meaningless phrases intended to create a sense of obligation or necessity on your part to purchase the offered servi...
Entity
Categories: Patent & Trademark Services
23, Report:
#813910
Posted Date:
Dec 26 2011
United States Trademark Registration Office Trademark Registration and Monitoring Division $375 Payment Los Angeles, California
Letter looks very official. It is really just a scam to monitor your trademark.
Do not pay.
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Categories: Questionable Activities
24, Report:
#811596
Posted Date:
Dec 20 2011
United States Trademark Registration Office Deceptive solicitation designed to look like bill from US Patent and Trademark Office Los Angeles, California
I own a trademark, and received a solicitation requesting a processing fee of $375. It's obvious that it was intentionally designed to look like a bill from the US Patent and Trademark Office. The address is the UNITED STATES TRADEMARK REGISTRATION OFFICE but in the...
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Categories: Federal Government
25, Report:
#810344
Posted Date:
Dec 16 2011
United States Trademark Registration Office Deceptive Mail Marketing; an Attempt to Appear as a Government Agency Los Angeles, California
On 12/15/2011, I received a mailing in regards to a trademark filing. It indicated that I had a $375 fee, described as NOW DUE. The letterhead bore the name: UNITED STATES TRADEMARK REGISTRATION SERVICE. The mailing was patterned to look like an official government form. Wording in ...
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Categories: Patent & Trademark Services