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How to avoid trademark scammers?

At Indie Law, one of our priorities is to keep your brand safe and protected. In this article, we want to talk to you about a problem that may not have crossed your mind: trademark scammers.

We usually tell you that you should protect your brand from copycats, competitors, or other brands similar to you, but now we will focus on a new enemy that targets new businesses during the registration process.

How do they do it?

Getting a trademark license is the legal equivalent to getting a domain name. That’s why last year there were around 500,000 applications to register, because it is a way to protect your brand. 

Most people don’t know that when their applications are in the registration process, their information becomes publicly available. Scammers devised a way to collect this information and request payment for a service they will not provide. They usually call, send letters in the mail, or request information through email, but these scammers are becoming more and more skilled

 

How do we protect ourselves?

As a firm, we recommend that our clients send us any potential scam information before responding, so we can ensure its legitimacy before you submit any payment. These emails and letters have a professional aesthetic that can be difficult to tell apart from real application notices. We want to protect you from these potential scams. 

 

If you are going to register a trademark, either with a lawyer, a firm, or by yourself, it is likely that you will receive emails of this type and many of them will be from scammers. They back off when they can see that you are well advised because they know that you will not be fooled by these scam masters. We recommend you to be very careful when receiving messages.

Scammers can be anywhere!

Getting a trademark license is the legal equivalent to getting a domain name. That’s why last year there were around 500,000 applications to register, because it is a way to protect your brand. 

Most people don’t know that when their applications are in the registration process, their information becomes publicly available. Scammers devised a way to collect this information and request payment for a service they will not provide. They usually call, send letters in the mail, or request information through email, but these scammers are becoming more and more skilled