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Scam Warning: fake correspondence sent on behalf of INPI
"Written communications, similar to an official notification from the National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI), are being sent to holders and applicants for registration of trademarks and patents by an entity designated as Índice Nacional de Publicidade Industrial (translation note: Industrial Property National Index), using the acronym INPI, requesting payments. The body presents itself as www.inpi-pt.org and uses the e-mail atm@inpi-pt.org as point of contact, being easily confused with this Office.
We also inform that the Office has already taken the necessary steps with the competent authorities.
"Warning: These reports are false and have no relationship with the National Institute of Industrial Property, IP"
We salute the Portuguese Industrial Property Office for creating awarness on this issue and hope that the competent authorities' reaction to this problem is adequate.
The last MARQUES Class 46 note on Providers of Warning Information is available at here.
Posted by: Pedro Malaquias @ 18.39Tags: Scam warnings, Portugal, INPI,
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05 September 2012 @ 16.47
It would be helpful if marques and Inta together invite the few Trademark Offices (I remember the Japanese and the Australian) that still write directly to the owners despite there is a representative (also in the IR) to refrain from doing this as their behaviour makes easier the confusion with scams. Where there is a registered TM Agent, all mail should be conveied to him and this would accrue value to Agent service, being a protection against scams.
