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Fraud warnings and guidance

Information on recognising and protecting yourself from IP-related fraud and payment scams.

From:
Intellectual Property Office
Published
5 September 2014
Last updated
16 May 2025 鈥� See all updates

If in doubt, rights owners should check with their patent or trade mark attorney, solicitor, patent advisor or inventor-support organisation. Alternatively contact us on 0300 300 2000.

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Updates to this page

Published 5 September 2014
Last updated 16 May 2025 show all updates

  1. Recognising and reporting scam e-mails added to collection.

  2. IPO issues fresh warning to beware of misleading invoices added.

  3. Guidance: Avoiding misleading payment requests added.

  4. News story for Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) Adjudication has been published.

  5. Warning: Intellectual Property Office alerted to new renewal scam - story added.

  6. Press release added.

  7. News story for Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) Adjudications has been published.

  8. News story: - Warning: Fraudulent invoices - added to collection.

  9. First published.

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