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Warning: Directory scams, trademark scams and domain name scams

[vc_row full_width=”” parallax=”” parallax_image=””][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text css_animation=””]Applicants and holders of national and international trademarks and domain names frequently receive misleading e-mails and mail of untrustworthy providers containing dubious offers for directory registrations and/or the registration of top-level-domains [TLD], e.g.: .asia.cn, .com.cn, .net.cn and .org.cn, of their domain names and/or for services for the exploitation or the geographical extension of the protection of their trademarks.

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), some national trademark offices and the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) have issued warnings with regards to such misleading methods:[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”” parallax=”” parallax_image=””][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_message message_box_style=”standard” style=”rounded” message_box_color=”info” icon_type=”fontawesome” icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-info-circle” icon_openiconic=”vc-oi vc-oi-dial” icon_typicons=”typcn typcn-adjust-brightness” icon_entypo=”entypo-icon entypo-icon-note” icon_linecons=”vc_li vc_li-heart” icon_pixelicons=”vc_pixel_icon vc_pixel_icon-alert”]Scam warning of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Scam warning of the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (IGE)
Scam warning of the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA)