Complaint Review: Invention Submission Corporation - Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
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- Invention Submission Corporation 217 Ninth Street Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania U.S.A.
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Invention Submission Corp. Their "ndeliverables" cost me $10000 Ripoff Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
*Consumer Comment: What you MUST do
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I saw their ad on TV in 1995. I met with them in their Coral Way Miami office: Martha Carazana and Jose (her husband, the CEO). Martha raved about my idea for an improvement to fishing rods, and said it was feasible and would be a success. She foresaw no problems with getting a patent. At her urging, I paid them $10,000 up front on a credit card. I was instructed to write a check to the "Commissioner of Patents & Trademarks" for $375 and mail it to their address in Pennsylvania as well as "do" a poorman's patent. It has been almost 12 years.
Having recently emigrated back then, I had no idea that I could seek justice. I even spoke to Mr. Micheal Colitz, their scam attorney, who tried to tell me much later on, that there was another design like mine out there. I was mailed crappy info about their Expo and Trade Shows and was sent silly lists of people/companies they sent my idea to. The only thing I got from them was a hard cover bound navy blue book with technical drawings of my invention. It was full of baloney. I had even asked for an itemization of costs and did not get one. I eventually never heard from them because as Mr. Colitz had advised, patenting was a lengthy process.
I am really glad I found InventorEd's website. I saw an opportunity for justice to be served. I never knew ISC was such a fraud and I could do something about it. I just thought my idea was a flop and I had lost my savings. This company needs to be closed down once and for all, to prevent other unsuspecting consumers/victims from being financially "raped". Rudolph Miami, Florida
U.S.A.
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#1 Consumer Comment
What you MUST do
AUTHOR: John - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Monday, July 09, 2007
What you MUST do-it is IMPERATIVE:
Contact Jennifer Kelley in the PA Attorney General's Office with a complaint. Make sure you reference them as 'formerly Invention Submission Corp.' This is imperative! They need nnumerous complaints in order to do an investigation. Here is the complaint form to fill out and address to Ms. Kelley:
attorneygeneral.gov/bcp_form.cfm
Jennifer Kelley-Agent
Office of Attorney General
564 Forbes Ave.
6th Floor, Manor Bldg.
Pittsburgh, Pa. 15219
Also send a copy here:
Office of Attorney General
Bureau of Consumer Protection
14th Floor, Strawberry Square
Harrisburg, PA 17120
As well as to your Attorney General. They can be found here:
http://www.naag.org/ag/full_ag_table.php
Also file a complaint with the United States Patent and Trademark Office-copy and paste the below address and scroll down to 'complaints' and them 'complaint forms'
uspto.gov/web/offices/com/iip/index.htm
Also with the FTC:
https://rn.ftc.gov/pls/dod/wsolcq$.startup?Z_ORG_CODE=PU01
Also with consumer affairs online:
consumeraffairs.com/php/a_report.php
also, send a complaint with copies of your paperwork-certified, return receipt requested to:
Mary Beth Buchanon
700 Grant St.
Suite 400
Pittsburgh, Pa. 15219
and:
Eastern Central Region
Federal Trade Commission
Suite 200
11 Superior Ave.
Cleveland, Ohio 44114-2507
Complaints about them as Invention Submission Corp. can be found. Also read what a former employee says about the way they operate.
Make sure you reference this in your complaint in association with Invention Submission
Do not let them bully you into a partial refund. They tried the excuse that 'it's been 10 years' with me-as well as a gag order. I want the full refund as required by the FTC-94 ruling. This is the minimum I will accept to even think about not talking about this scam. I have the list of alleged 'companies' from their highly touted 'databank' that had NOTHING to do with what I was trying to market-much less that I needed foreign patents and was told I didn't-a violation of FTC-94.
I don't care how long it's been. All this scam information and rulings have not been available for 10 years so who cares. I, myself, didn't get internet access until 1999 and was a real rookie then as to how to search and access information. I am quite a bit better now and they will pay-either me by way of a full refund or in loss of revenue which I know has already exceeded what they could/should have refunded me.
Keep us updated. We must keep these slugs in the public eye to save others from the same fate.
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