Irish Business and Brand Owners under attack by IP Scammers.

In recent times there has been a significant increase in fraudulent activities targeting Irish businesses.

Scammers are nowadays using names, logos, certificates and even forged signatures to impersonate legitimate persons and institutions, attempting to abuse the trusted structures and processes of national and international registration for undue financial gain.

IP scams are more sophisticated and targeted nowadays resulting in substantial financial losses to businesses and Intellectual Property (IP) owners. Europol conservatively estimates the annual profit of IP criminals to exceed EUR26 million.

Fraudsters have existed since time immemorial. There are always opportunistic parties seeking to make a quick buck off their unsuspecting fellow humans. The advent of the Internet-age has e