There is an ongoing scam email campaign targeting trademarks owners in Canada (and the United States) trying to scare and deceive these owners.
We first wrote about this in November 2024. Given an apparent resurgence of this scam, we are circulating an updated version of our November 2024 article.
In this scam email campaign, the sender is identified as an “intellectual property lawyer”. This alleged “intellectual property lawyer” warns the recipient to call or otherwise contact the sender immediately in order to avoid serious consequences such as possible severe legal costs and risks to the trademark owner’s trademark.
The College of Patent Agents & Trademark Agents (CPATA) which is the regulatory body overseeing Canadian registered patent and trademark agents originally issued a public notice article warning of this scam email campaign in January 2025. CPATA’s article (updated April 2026) gives a detailed description of this scam.
