Misleading invoices: false renewal notices

by Redazione / Monday, 20 November 2023 / Published in NEWS

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Unfortunately, the sad fact of misleading invoices is still persisting, with the sending of fake information of trademark registrations, trademark renewals or fake inclusion in commercial lists.

UIBM and EUIPO continue their information campaigns about these episodes and invite everyone to pay as much as possible attention.

More specifically, UIBM informs us that the requests of payment sent by post contain in the header the logo, address and contact details of MIMIT (Ministero delle Imprese e del Made in Italy) and of the Italian Patent and Trademark Office (UIBM), as well as the falsifies name and signature of an executive of the Ministry, and these pieces of information could mislead users. These notifications are considered misleading advertising and can be reported to the following Authorities:

Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM) hotline 800 166661 or according to one of the following procedures : https://www.agcm.it/chi-siamo/contatti/
Linea Diretta Anticontraffazione, managed by UIBM in collaboration with Guardia di Finanza: anticontraffazione@mise.gov.it

AGCM has also published an anti-deception handbook to fight requests of payment to the companies:
https://www.agcm.it/dotcmsDOC/consumatore/Vademecum_Pmi.pdf

Whenever you receive a letter or an invoice, we invite you to carefully check the content and authenticity of the source.

It is important to note that UIBM is the only Italian public office responsible for the granting and registration of all Industrial Property Titles.

Users are reminded that payments relating to industrial property rights can be made exclusively through:

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The current account held in the name of the Bank of Italy with the following bank account details: IBAN: IT 09Z0100003245348008121701; BIC (SWIFT): BITAITRRENT

Thank you for your attention,
Eva Troiani

Eva Troiani (Attorney At Law)

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