trademarks

Trademark Scamming

I know most people that read this wouldn't be fooled by something like this - but I thought I'd just quickly post this incase anyone else had been targeted by this little scam.

If you have registered an Australian trademark - this goes onto a public database and some people are trying to take advantage of people's gullibility when it comes to international trademarks.

The letter comes from a company called TMWorldwide - International Catalogue of Trademarks and encourages trademark holders to pay them 1100 Euros to register their TM worldwide. The address & bank details on mine are Sarvar, Hungary - but I'm guessing they could come from anywhere.

I'm sure they probably do put you on some database (to get around trade descriptions) but I called IPAustralia and it is a scam and they have no jurisdiction in this area.

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