UK Intellectual Property Office gives new scam warning

Today, the UK IPO has issued a new warning on their website in relation to the emergence of a renewal scam.

They state that a Latvian company is planning to issue fake renewal reminder letters in relation to UK registered trade marks and patents asking for a fee for renewal. They are likely to disguise themselves as the UK IPO.

The UK IPO give a strong warning that this has not originated from them and is in no way a legitimate way of renewing any registered trade mark.

They plan to send out warnings to all those who are required to renew in the coming months to highlight to them the illegitimacy of these reminder letters.

The UK Intellectual Property state they are working hard to combat this and hope to prevent any other committing fraudulent actions against trade mark as well as other IP owners.

If you believe you have received any correspondence of a fraudulent nature, please get in contact with Action Fraud whose link can be accessed through the UK IPO’s website following this link

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/warning-intellectual-property-office-alerted-to-new-renewal-scam

By Ellis Sweetenham