Recently, many friends have said that they have received trademark notices that are payable on delivery. The postage on delivery is between 20-30 yuan. Be careful! These are all scams! Special emphasis!
Official documents from the State Intellectual Property Office are all postage prepaid! It won’t be paid on collection! It won’t be paid on collection! It won’t be paid on collection!
The State Intellectual Property Office has issued multiple announcements: All official documents of the Patent Office of the State Intellectual Property Office are mailed by registered mail with prepaid postage, and documents are never delivered through courier companies.
In fact, as early as 2016, the government had already explained the issue of the delivery of government information disclosure processing decisions. As for trademark payment on delivery, the State Intellectual Property Office issued two announcements in 2020 alone, clarifying that "applicants do not need to pay any fees."
And, here is a special reminder that after May 2016, the State Intellectual Property Office has adopted electronic announcements for trademark announcements, and will no longer send any paper trademark announcements to the outside world. At the same time, it will be sent to applicants. The official documents do not require applicants to pay any fees. Please be vigilant and beware of fraud!
In June 2020, the official Weibo of the State Intellectual Property Office released "Remind Again! Warning about the "pay on delivery" scam for patent and trademark documents: Whether it is a "patent document" or a "trademark announcement", if you are asked to pay the postage for express delivery, criminals are using information that has been published online to defraud money. one! law! yes! cheat! Game!
If you encounter patent and trademark documents that need to be "paid on delivery", be sure to say no! Must refuse! If necessary, you can report the case to the public security organ.
1. Government departments
In order to ensure the safety of express delivery, the State Post Bureau stipulated that starting from November 1 last year, mail and express delivery are required to pass the sender’s phone number and related identity. The information can only be received and sent after comparison and verification, except for letters and express mails from customers with security guarantee mechanism agreements, and those delivered through self-service post offices (smart express boxes), etc.
2. Consumers
When consumers have no purchase behavior, merchants send "cash on delivery" goods, which has been suspected of forced transactions and fraud. Faced with this situation, "testing" is the most important thing. Consumers must inspect and accept the goods before making payment and signing for them. It depends on whether the goods you ordered are the same as the description. If they are not the same, you can reject them.
When you are unable to receive the express delivery, you must say hello to your family or friends in advance and describe the goods you receive clearly to avoid being deceived due to mistaken receipt. For packages of unknown origin, consumers only need to choose cash on delivery to refuse the package, and the scam will not be able to form a complete chain and will naturally fail.