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Scam Company Fined

Postby Roger Brown » Wed Sep 12, 2007 8:11 pm

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Here is another example of why Inventors are papraniod of Invention Submission companies. I am glad to see this one get what they deserve. I just wish it was before all those Inventors got conned.

Here is the link to the story below.
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2007/03/ipd.shtm

For Release: March 19, 2007
FTC Charges Invention Promotion Swindlers with Contempt
Scam Operation Took More Than $60 Million from 17,000 Consumers

The Federal Trade Commission has filed a civil contempt action against four individuals and eight business entities for allegedly operating a fraudulent invention promotion business in violation of a court order.

The individuals were employed by International Product Design Inc., which the FTC charged with fraudulent business practices in 1997. A court order issued in 1998 prohibited Julian Gumpel, Darrell Mormando, and Greg Wilson from deceptively marketing invention promotion services, but Gumpel later revived the same scam under the name, “Patent and Trademark Institute of Americaâ€
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Postby mojo62 » Thu Sep 13, 2007 10:43 am

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Amen!

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