Beware of fraudsters misrepresenting as trademark office, agents
In the wake of a recent incident encountered by one of my clients who received a payment demand notice from a person claiming to be from a patent and trademark office, I felt it is imperative to discuss a few things right away. Today, my colleague-attorney received a call from one of our clients who stated that they had received a payment demand notice from a patent and trademark office. We were perplexed and asked our client to forward the communication to us. Upon reviewing the notice, it turned out to be a fake agency misrepresenting as a trademark office, and we counseled our client on this over the phone and through email. We are not disclosing more information to...