COMPLAINT REGARDING INVENTION PROMOTER

Name of the Invention Promotion Company: IP & R Inventors' Publishing & Research

Invention Promoter's Address: 1550 Bryant, Suite 770, San Francisco, CA 94103

Complainant's Name: Terri Lee Medeiros

Complainant's Address: 181 Beattie St., Fall River, MA 02723

Customer's Name: Terri Lee Medeiros

WHAT IS YOUR COMPLAINT?

Invention promotion services offered to be performed: BLANK

Explanation of complaint between customer and invention promoter: Knowing that another Invention Co. gave me back over $7,000.00 because of 5 years of empty promises of IP+R called me many times and wrote often trying to get me to sign with IP+R. He promised that he was not like the other company! He offered to pay half my air fair to San Francisco to sit down and talk with him and some people that were already interested. We talked over the phone and he told me it would be $4650.00 in six month's time and for the second time I asked my mother in-law to borrow it he knew I could not afford this! I asked him if their worked started after I paid in full he said "no we get started right away", but in letter I was told hurry and pay so they could get started. I received letters saying "Excellent Opportunity" you can't afford to wait "Don't you want to make good MONEY". Also my marketing department say they have an excellent chance of being licensed. So I signed after almost 2 years of them bugging me. I was hoping, dreaming once again, I suppose! He also told me the contract is for life when it was only six months. Now my brochure comes in with pictures of Halloween bags that I made. He wanted me to send it to him. I told him before I sent them that they were store bought fabrics that I didn't think you could use them because they don't have my design. He was trying to license someone else's designs.

I also received a letter from IP+R saying they submitted my idea to over 40 companies and bought them to trade shows and they loved them and would get back to me. (No proof they even got these letters) On 5-17-02 I received a letter saying that my marketing manager has been changed so I called to touch base. told me he had a best friend that owned a Halloween company to call him in two weeks. I called and he said that he checked with him and all the companies the IP+R, said liked my idea, said don't want anything to do with it! Because it was designed patent. So going into this Ajay knew this was going to happen! How can you sell a product without proper prototype? I filed a complaint with Consumer Services in Fall River Mass. Ajay denies everything; excuse was he told me to get a stronger patent before he signed me knwoing I could not afford this. Also states he told me to contact my patent attorney about it but the only reason he told me to contact my attorney is when I told him I kept getting post cards there were people coping my patent. I have proof of everything in writing.

Thank you,
Terri Lee Medeiros
181 Beattie St. FR. Ma 02723
Nov 5, 2002
Terri181@aol.com

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