Once your trademark has been registered, it will be time to blow :) But be careful not to let go completely, predators are everywhere!
If you have already created your company, you are familiar with the inexhaustible flow of mail that constantly clogs up your mailbox and comes from companies of all kinds who want to sell you their services. Among them are crooks who have sniffed out the right vein among trademark applicants. The idea is simple: pretend to be an official body (with a shiny name such as "european trademark office"), and ask for a fee for the publication of the trademark on their registers. The message is subtle, so that it is difficult to know whether or not the payment of this fee is compulsory. Of course, you don't have to pay anything at all, these companies have nothing to do with the organizations with which you file trademarks.
In the end, it suffices to remember that at the time of filing, all the fees to be paid to the INPI have been paid in full. There is nothing to add afterwards. In any case, always make sure that the document you receive comes from the organisation with which you have registered the trademark.
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