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USPTO's New Trademark Fees Expected to Impact Filing Costs

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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

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Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) Announced Updated TM Fees, Effective 1/18/2025

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The USPTO is restructuring its electronic trademark filing process by replacing the current TEAS Plus and TEAS Standard options with a single streamlined electronic application. Under the new system, the separate fees for...more

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U.S. Trademark Fee Changes and Increases Coming January 18, 2025—What Trademark Owners Should Know  

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

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USPTO’s New Electronic Grant System Shortens the Time to File Continuing Applications

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On April 18, 2023, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) updated the patent grant system to an electronic patent grant (“eGrant”) system. Previously, the USPTO issued patent grants to patent applicants via...more

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Patent & Trademark Office to Begin Issuing Electronic Patent Grants

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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

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

USPTO to Transition to Electronic Patent Grants

In a final rule published in the Federal Register (88 Fed. Reg. 12560) last week, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that it will start issuing patents electronically under a new digital USPTO seal and bearing the...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

2022 Design Patents Year in Review: Analysis and Trends: International Design Law: Global Law and Policy

Design protection continues to be a priority for governments around the world. Global design protection is gradually becoming more modern and harmonized. Building on earlier developments, China made progress to implement...more

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USPTO Updates – Aug. 2022

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Commencing August 1, 2022, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is modernizing the patent and trademark assignment request process because, going forward, users will submit requests virtually using the Electronic...more

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IP Enforcement Portal upgraded to allow for electronic filing of customs applications in the EU

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IP Enforcement Portal is a single EU platform that assists IP right (IPR) owners to file and manage customs applications for action and to deal with related IPR enforcement matters. As of 13 December 2021, this tool has...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

USPTO News Briefs - January 2022

USPTO Proposes Electronic Issuance of Patents - In a notice of proposed rulemaking published last month in the Federal Register (86 Fed. Reg. 71209), the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is proposing to issue patents...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

USPTO News Briefs - June 2020

USPTO and JPO Issue Joint Message - Yesterday, Director Andrei Iancu of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and Commissioner Akira Matsunaga of the Japan Patent Office issued a joint message to express the Offices' "most...more

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USPTO's guidelines for electronic filing: applicant/ registrant/party email addresses required

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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

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Practice reminder: Amended requirements for trademark specimens now in effect

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The Final Rule promulgated by the USPTO in July is now in effect; amending the requirements for acceptable specimens of use. On October 5, 2019, the USPTO’s Final Rule published this July (available under Addtional...more

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New Rules (for Electronic Trademark Filings)

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

International Lawyers Network

New Process for Timestamping IP works in Greece

On 26 February 2019, the Hellenic Copyright Organization (Greek acronym: “OPI”) launched a new online service for “electronic timestamping” of all types of works....more

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