The European Patent Office once again warns against requests for payment from companies that allegedly register or publish European or International patent applications (see EPO Official Journal June 2024). These are not official services and should be ignored.
Further information can be found here.
The EPO has provided a number of examples to make it easier to recognize this scam:
ЕРТР - European Patent &Trademark Protection
EIPS - European Intellectual Property Services
EPTA - European Patent and Trademark Agency
IPRO - Intellectual Property Registration Office
IPIO - Organization Intellectual Property
WPTD - World Patent & Trademark Database
IRO - International Registration Office
OIP - Organisation Intellectual Property
EUIP - Intellectual Property Organisation Service
European Intellectual Property Agency
World Patent & Trademark Agency
WIPI - World Intellectual Property Institute Kft.
IPTA International Patent & Trademark Agency
GLOPAT - Global Patents & Trademarks
IP Direct - International Patent Trademark Directory
TPR - Trademark Publication Register
International Patent Office Application
IPWTO - Intellectual Property World Trade Organization
EPR - European Patent and Trademark Registration
GTPS - Global Trademark and Patent Service
TPP - Marken und Patent- veröffentlichungen
TPP – European Trademark & Patent Publications
TPP – Trademark and Patent Publications
IPTO – International Patent & Trademark Organization
European Patent Service Register
ETP - European Trademark Publication
F.O.I.P. Register of the Granted European Patents
WPTI World Patent and Trademark Index
IPTS Service-International Patent and Trademark Service
PMS Patent und Markenservice AG
IBIP – International Bureau for Intellectual Property
EPTR European Patent and Trademark Register
International Trademark and Patent Registration
European Register of Brands and Patents
UPTS Registration of the European Patent
TPs trademark and Patent Service
WDTP Worldwide Database of Trademarks and Patents
IP DATA Register of European Patents
IPTR International Patent and Trademark Register
F.O.I.P – Register of the European Patent Application
IPTG International Patent and Trademark Guide
WIPP-World Intellectual Property Publisher
RPT Servis - world wide patent service
Registration of international patents
International Patent Portal – IPP
WIPO – World Intelligent Property Office
IPTO – International Patent & Trademark Office
WPTS – World Patent & Trademark Service
OPT - Organization for Patents and Trademarks
WOIP - World Organization Intellectual Property
WPTO – World Patent & Trademark Organization
IPTI – International Patent & Trademark Index
TPR - Trademark Publication Register
IPO - Intellectual Property Office
TPP – European Trademark & Patent Publications
EUIPA - European Intellectual Property Agency
EUOIP - European Office Intellectual Property
Intellectual Property World Union
