Monthly Minute | Design Patents
The U.S. Department of State's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) has finalized significant changes to the registration fees under International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). The Arms Export Control Act...more
The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry has recently published a set of draft amendments (“Draft Rules”) to the Indian Patent Rules, 2003. The amendments are...more
The Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has notified the Trademark Public Advisory Committee (TPAC) of the USPTO's intent to restructure existing trademark fees and released its preliminary trademark fee...more
The USPTO has proposed several fee changes for implementation in 2025. If implemented, these changes will increase filing fees for Inter Partes Reviews (IPRs) and Post Grant Reviews (PGRs) by 25% “to improve cost recovery.”...more
The United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO or PTO) recently announced proposed changes to certain fees it charges with respect to patent applications, design patents, and America Invents Act (AIA) trials. These...more
USCIS has proposed raising its filing fees – and the burden of those increased fees will fall primarily on employers large and small. For example, the filing fee for an H-1B visa would be raised by 70% from $460 to $780....more
On January 4, 2023, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued a Notice of Prospective Rulemaking proposing a sweeping fee hike for immigration services across the board. The proposed fee increases range between...more
On January 4, 2023, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would increase fees for specific immigration and naturalization benefit requests. The department’s U.S....more
Employers in the U.S. would face significant increases in filing fees for many employment-based petitions under a recent USCIS proposal. The changes would place the burden on employers to cover the cost of processing complex...more
In a notice published in the Federal Register (85 Fed. Reg. 58038) on September 17th, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that it was implementing a deferred-fee provisional patent application pilot program in...more
In the News. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules to update and expand the statistical disclosures that bank and savings and loan registrants must provide to investors for the first time in 30...more
Real estate transactions subject to Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) review, including those involving foreign participation through investment, acquisition, or management of U.S. real property or...more
The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) published a proposed rule on March 9, 2020, that would establish a fee for parties filing a voluntary notice of certain transactions for review by CFIUS. In...more
To further implement the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2018 (“FIRRMA”), the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) has issued proposed regulations that would require parties to...more
- On March 9, 2020, the U.S. Department of Treasury published a Proposed Rule to implement filing fee requirements for voluntary notices filed with CFIUS. - Under the proposed framework, the value of the transaction...more
For the first time in its history, the U.S. Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) plans to require the payment of fees in connection with the submission of full notifications for covered foreign...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury late yesterday released a draft set of regulations that would establish, for the first time, filing fees for most transactions submitted to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United...more
In this issue, we summarize regulatory, litigation and industry developments from October 2019 to early January 2020 impacting the investment management sector, including SEC action on use of derivatives by registered...more
The SEC has proposed rule amendments to automate filing fee calculations and payment processing. If the rules are adopted, filing fees would be paid via Automated Clearing House (ACH) and would no longer be payable via...more
New final rule implements electronic filing system and other key changes. GAO has implemented a formal electronic filing system and imposed a one-time, nominal filing fee. ...more
Earlier this month, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued notice of a proposed rule that would update the application fee schedule for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), noting an overall...more
In a proposed rule published in the May 4 Federal Register, DHS is proposing to raise its fees by an average of 21% to recover the full cost of USCIS operations. DHS is also proposing to establish a three-level fee for...more