tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post7756611101011590694..comments2024-03-28T09:05:22.006+00:00Comments on The IPKat: Rogue websites, scams -- and the competition resultVerónica RodrÃguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-88072546436550689972011-02-21T21:03:46.701+00:002011-02-21T21:03:46.701+00:00Perhaps this one too belongs to that category...
...Perhaps this one too belongs to that category...<br /><br />The Italian attorney who initially represented the hapless applicant, apparently under the provisions of <a href="http://www.epo.org/patents/law/legal-texts/html/epc/2000/e/ar134.html" rel="nofollow">Article 134(8) EPC</a>, in case <a href="https://register.epoline.org/espacenet/application?number=EP04737113&tab=doclist&lng=en" rel="nofollow">R17/09</a> employs a logo on her <a href="https://register.epoline.org/espacenet/application?documentId=EKFSL08U5583953&number=EP04737113&lng=en&npl=false&seql=false" rel="nofollow">letterhead</a> which bears a conspicuous resemblance to WIPO's former logo, and those of its forerunner organisations. It was even reproduced on EPO form <a href="https://register.epoline.org/espacenet/application?documentId=EKFSL1AU6895953&number=EP04737113&lng=en&npl=false&seql=false%22" rel="nofollow">1003</a>. Nice touch, too bad the PCT application number was wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-66323975485185649192011-02-18T16:06:18.070+00:002011-02-18T16:06:18.070+00:00The first intervener appears to echo my own sugges...The first intervener appears to echo my own suggestion from a few weeks back.<br /><br />But why should this ONLY be the problem of the IP offices?<br /><br />Perhaps representatives ought to warn their customers to consult with them in general before reacting on any direct solicitation received...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-38738394075277388372011-02-18T15:31:58.364+00:002011-02-18T15:31:58.364+00:00One thing I have seen at our national patent offic...One thing I have seen at our national patent office is patent proprietors throwing offical requests for payment (e.g. renewal fees) in the bin, thinking that they were scams. <br /><br />This of course leads to a number of red faces, and urgent requests for restitutio!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-34462592767384009682011-02-18T15:16:34.124+00:002011-02-18T15:16:34.124+00:00Of course, another way for WIPO to tackle the prob...Of course, another way for WIPO to tackle the problem is simply to write directly to each named applicant, explaining what is about to occur, just before the publication of their application, timed so that they get the letter a day or two before the direct mailers?<br /><br />They already send out a letter to each agent which arrives late enough that if the agents use it to trigger a letter to the applicant reporting publication it will arrive after the letters from the direct mailers...McCPAnoreply@blogger.com