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Invention Submission Corp. has agreed to a $3 million class action lawsuit settlement with those who purchased services from InventHelp or Western InventHelp and claim the company misrepresented those services.
The class is made up of all U.S. residents who purchased services from Submission Corp. (doing business as InventHelp), or Western Invention Submission Corp. (doing business as Western InventHelp), from Jan. 1, 2014, to June 30, 2021.
InventHelp, headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been helping inventors submit invention ideas to companies since 1984, according to the company’s website.
However, the plaintiffs in three class action lawsuits claim InventHelp has not always provided the promised services.
The defendants submit their clients’ inventions or product ideas, in exchange for a fee, to obtain a review to see if those ideas or inventions can be commercialized, one of the class actions states. However, the firms also allegedly fail to disclose they do not have any “reasonable and systematic” procedures in place to ensure their data bank does not include companies that are no longer in operation and do not actually match their clients to companies most likely to be interested in a given idea.
In addition, the defendants allegedly do not provide disclosures as mandated under the American Investors Protection Act of 1999.
The defendants have denied allegations of wrongdoing but have agreed to the settlement to avoid the risks and costs associated with continuing litigation.
Under the terms of the InventHelp class action lawsuit settlement agreement, class members who file a claim are eligible to receive a cash payment.
Class members who submit a claim will receive a pro rata payment of up to $250 from the net settlement fund.
Fully paid BIP Agreement Customers who submit a valid and timely claim form will receive an additional $20.
Each not-fully-paid BIP Agreement Customer who submits a claim will receive a $20 credit, in addition to payment from the settlement fund, against any outstanding balance owed. The credit will cancel the debt if the balance is less than $20.
SUB Agreement Customers Not Fully Paid and Open who submit a claim form will receive an $800 credit or $3,000 in services in addition to their payment from the settlement fund for any outstanding balance owed to the defendants. If the unpaid balance is less than $800, the credit will cancel the entire remaining debt.
Among the $3,000 in services is the inclusion of class members’ ideas or inventions in the Virtual Invention Browsing Experience (VIBE) at either the 2023 or 2024 national licensing show. The idea or invention will also be included in a curated catalog InventHelp will distribute to about 50 companies in its data bank within a year of the settlement becoming final.
The deadline to opt out of or object to the InventHelp lawsuit settlement is Jan. 6, 2023.
The final approval hearing is scheduled for Feb. 1, 2023.
Claim forms must be submitted no later than Jan. 6, 2023.
Who’s Eligible
The class is made up of all U.S. residents who purchased services from Submission Corp. (doing business as InventHelp), or Western Invention Submission Corp. (doing business as Western InventHelp), from Jan. 1, 2014, to June 30, 2021.
Potential Award
Varies
Proof of Purchase
A notice ID and confirmation code are required to file a claim. Class members who did not receive a personalized notice via mail or email with a notice ID and confirmation code should contact the settlement administrator.
Claim Form
NOTE: If you do not qualify for this settlement do NOT file a claim.
Remember: you are submitting your claim under penalty of perjury. You are also harming other eligible Class Members by submitting a fraudulent claim. If you’re unsure if you qualify, please read the FAQ section of the Settlement Administrator’s website to ensure you meet all standards (Top Class Actions is not a Settlement Administrator). If you don’t qualify for this settlement, check out our database of other open class action settlements you may be eligible for.
Claim Form Deadline
01/06/2023
Case Name
Austin, et al. v. Invention Submission Corporation, et al., Case No. 2:19-CV-01396, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
Calhoun, et al. v. Invention Submission Corporation, et al., Case No. 2:18-CV-01022, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
Miclaus, et al. v. Invention Submission Corporation, et al., Case No. 2:20-CV-00681, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
Final Hearing
02/01/2023
Settlement Website
Claims Administrator
Settlement Administrator
1650 Arch Street, Suite 2210
Philadelphia, PA 19103
info@IHSettlement.com
833-691-6611
Class Counsel
Shanon J Carson
Peter Kahana
John “Quinn” Kerrigan
BERGER MONTAGUE PC
Defense Counsel
Frank Stoy
PIETRAGALLO GORDON ALFANO BOSICK & RASPANTI LLP
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40 thoughts onInventHelp false advertising $3M class action settlement
I cut them a 22,000 check. Id rather you spit in my face then give me 300 bucks back
Add me
Agree, all the money we paid them and in return is $300 back? Doesn’t make sense and straight up unfair. Please direct me to who I need to file a lawsuit instead.
I really felt like my invention should have been picked up, but Inventhelp didn’t present to the right companies in my opinion. When I stopped paying it affected my credit scores, so paid them off. They’re definitely a con artist company. I paid over 10k.😥😥😥
I don’t have money to throw away, I trusted the guys to make money. Now look…
My name is Robert Zink I went to invent to help 2 years ago gave them almost $30, 000 the only thing they did good was the patent search everything else was lies the videos that they made for me were all completely wrong and everything they said they were going to do they did not do because of them it’s ruined my credit and the place they got me the loan is a sister company so they would not I’ll go into that later I think I deserve everything back and more
NOOO! this is A RIP OFF ! I WILL be BLASTING THEM until it goes VIRAL on social media !! THIS IS BS! to have other ppl make millions off my idea & get $250 back !? JOKE ! I will file my OWN ! there is no way they are STILL getting over on ppl ! & we get crumbs for stolen ideas !!!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS NOT RIGHT !!!! UNACEPTABLE ! we need to all need keep suing ! they will NOT go untouched.
I agree
Hello my name is Diego – on 11/18/2019 I signed a contract for $ 15,900.00 with Invent-Help for them to find an Investor for my Invention, in the 2 years I worked with them, all I got was a few letters telling me the names of the companies they sent my Invention out to – the companies they used in their Date Base had ABSOLUTLEY nothing to do with my invention at all. – I got a nice pretty video from them and that’s about it and countless worthless letters telling me how hard they are working for me – but the results speak for themselves – ABSOLUTLEY NOTHING.
What’s most aggravating is that I still pay close to $ 300.00 a month to Universal Payments Corp. I cannot stop paying them every month because they report to the Credit Bureaus and I don’t want my credit score ruined by Invent-Help, they did enough destruction.
Please include me in this Class Action Law Suit, I could use a refund.
$10000 to inventhelp and only max $300 back which will probably only be $50 back while the lawyers get all the money
I got played as well luckily invent help. Got caught lol I spent my life savings for nothing and I know my idea is full proof I just ran out of money to give smh