What are the scams in trademark application?

When registering a trademark, you must be careful that some organizations say they will help you register a trademark. They use various means to win your trust or temptation. The following are the specific acts of trademark registration fraud, and we will list these main acts one by one. Follow Bian Xiao to see the trademark registration scam!

Scam 1: scare the registrant into lying that the trademark is rejected.

In the pending stage after submitting the application for trademark registration, the bad agency pretends to be a department of the Trademark Office and informs you that the trademark has been rejected by SMS, email and telephone. If you want to pass the trademark, you can cooperate to cheat a high cooperation fee.

Scam 2: send postage payment documents to defraud the courier fee.

After the preliminary examination of the trademark was passed, the unscrupulous intermediary pretended to be the Trademark Office and sent the Notice of the Preliminary Examination of the Trademark of China National Intellectual Property Administration to the trademark registrant, in order to defraud money in the form of postage charged by the courier company. But the announcement of trademark preliminary examination is a document issued by official website of the Trademark Office, and anyone can download and print it.

Scam 3: notify the renewal fee in advance and defraud the high renewal fee.

In the name of the Trademark Office or even the trademark office, it is not acceptable to charge a high trademark renewal fee two and a half years in advance (trademark renewal must be handled within one year before the expiration, which is not accepted by China National Intellectual Property Administration).

Scam 4: Fool the registrant to handle the unwarranted trademark exclusive right certificate.

After successful trademark registration, China National Intellectual Property Administration issued a trademark registration certificate. There is no so-called trademark exclusive right certificate. Please don't believe this.

Scam 5: Internet intellectual property rights expire

Once intellectual property rights are allowed to be registered, they can be used online or offline. Therefore, there is no other registration or supervision of Internet intellectual property rights. Internet intellectual property is a false concept, so beware of being deceived.

Scam 6: Electronic Trademark

The form of electronic trademark is "trademark name TM", which is the abbreviation of trademark, but in the domain name certificate, it is actually the national domain name of Turkmenistan (abbreviation: TM), such as the national domain name of China. Cn. So, the electronic trademark is a complete scam.

Scam 7: You can freeze the company name by lying to prevent it from being applied by others.

If a bad organization falsely claims to have registered its name, it can freeze the company name to prevent others from infringing.

By understanding these scams, it also reminds enterprises from the side that when looking for trademark business organizations, they must choose formal professional organizations. The state has strict conditions for the identification of trademark agencies, and it is published on the Chinese trademark website. Enterprises can check the qualifications of agencies on China Trademark Online. Only organizations that have successfully filed with the Trademark Office have the qualification of trademark agency and quality assurance.

Remind again! Trademark registrants should polish their eyes. Caution comes first. If you receive fees related to trademarks and patents, please contact our consultants in time to avoid being cheated.