A new surge in patent and trademark scam tricks sets out to
fool inventors and businesses into paying hundreds or even
thousands of dollars for worthless registrations and reminder
services.
The scam artists try to hoodwink victims by sending official
looking invoices seeking payments. Oftentimes they stay inside
the law by burying a disclaimer in the small print.
But the documents appear so genuinely official that it's easy
to see how recipients could be tricked into paying.
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