RE: A Warning from WIPO
A notice just posted to the WIPO site outlines an increasingly familiar
event relating to fees. I think we have seen similar situations in recent
years with regard to OHIM and USPTO. I have reproduced the notice below or
you can visit the WIPO website here
http://www.wipo.int/pct/en/warning/pct_warning.htm.
Rodney Cruise
rodney.cruise@ipmenu.com
www.ipmenu.com
a free global guide to intellectual property resources on the internet
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It has come to the attention of the International Bureau that PCT applicants
and agents are receiving invitations to pay fees with the title:
"Central Data-Register of International
Patents International Patent
Applications/Offer"
which typically refer to a payment which is to be made in the amount of
1235,40 Euros or US dollars within a period of 10 days, by cheque to the
following address:
ZDR-DatenRegister GmbH
P.O. Box 102422
60024 Frankfurt/Main
Germany
or by bank transfer to the indicated bank account number.
The invitation identifies a particular PCT application by its international
publication number (eg: WO 02 xxxxx), publication date, title of the
invention, international filing date, international application number,
priority information and IPC symbols; an example of one such invitation can
be viewed here.
PCT applicants and agents should note that such invitations do not come from
the International Bureau of WIPO and are unrelated to the processing of
international applications under the PCT. Whatever registration services
might be offered in the above-mentioned invitations, they bear no connection
to WIPO or to any of its official publications.
It is the International Bureau of WIPO alone which publishes all PCT
applications promptly after the expiration of 18 months from the priority
date (see PCT Article 21(2)(a)); there is no separate fee for such
international publication, and the legal effects of international
publication are set out in PCT Article 29.
In case of doubt in relation to such an invitation, please contact the
International Bureau by telephone at +41 22 338 8338.
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