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The USPTO has announced significant changes to its trademark fee schedule, introducing new surcharges and increasing existing fees. These changes will take effect on January 18, 2025, for most filings and on February 18,...more
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has implemented significant changes to its trademark filing fee structure, effective January 18, 2025. These changes represent a fundamental shift from the previous...more
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) has issued its Final Rule with adjusted filing fees at all stages of trademark application and maintenance filings. The fee increases, which take effect on January 18, 2025,...more
On March 26, 2024, the US Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register concerning changes to trademark application filings and fee adjustments in trademark cases for 2025. The...more
The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) announced that it will no longer issue patents in a printed “ribbon copy” form as of April 18, 2023. Instead, patents will now only be issued electronically in a digital form. This...more
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently enacted a rule change that will impact all trademark applications filed nationally in the United States (rather than through the Madrid Protocol)....more
The Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 (TMA) was signed into law on December 27, 2020. The TMA amended the federal trademark law (known as the Lanham Act) to provide new tools to address abuses of the US trademark...more
Jones Day's Meredith Wilkes and Anna Raimer discuss 2020's most significant developments in trademark law and preview what's to come in 2021, including possible progress in Washington on the highly anticipated Trademark...more
The USPTO has published the final rule in the Federal Register establishing fee increases for electronic filings related to Trademark applications and proceedings. The changes, which go into effect on January 2, 2021, are...more
On February 14, 2020, the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued Revised Examination Guide 1-20, which addressed new mandatory electronic filing and specimen requirements and became effective on February 15, 2020....more
Statistics from 2018 reveal that .03% of trademark applications were paper filed. As such, effective February 15, 2020, paper trademark filings are no longer an option. The United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO")...more
Of particular interest, to receive a filing date after February 15, 2020, all new applications must include an email address for each applicant, even if represented by an attorney. In addition, all applicants, registrants,...more
Beginning on February 15, 2020, with very few exceptions, submissions before the US trademark office will be required to be filed digitally. Also included in the rule changes and among the most significant change,...more
On February 7, 2020, the U.S. Trademark Office issued long-anticipated guidelines governing electronic filing and electronic communications with attorneys and trademark owners. Effective February 15, 2020, these new rules...more
On July 31, 2019, the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") published final rules changes that mandate electronic filing. This new rule becomes effective on October 5, 2019. There are limited exceptions, so it...more
As of October 5, 2019, the United States Patent and Trademark Office is going completely online! The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has made it official. Starting October 5, 2019, electronic filing of...more
In Depth - In efforts to enhance the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) electronic filing system and to “assess and promote the accuracy and integrity of the trademark register,” the USPTO has ushered in changes that...more
Effective January 14, 2017, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) adjusted a number of its trademark processing and service fees, including increasing fees for 42 different trademark filings. The trademark office, which...more