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Please take note that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will increase the following patent and trademark fees effective January 18, 2025...more
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has announced increased patent and trademark fees effective 19 and 18 January 2025, respectively....more
In November, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced updates to both trademark and patent fee schedules that go into effect in January 2025. The updated fees include increases in certain pre-existing...more
On November 12, USPTO Director Kathi Vidal announced in a post on LinkedIn and a letter to friends and colleagues that she would be stepping down the second week in December. Deputy Director Derrick Brent will take over until...more
On June 28, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) announced significant changes to its fee structure. Beginning January 1, 2024, CIPO will impose a 25% fee increase to most official fees related to patent,...more
On June 1, 2023, the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) introduced amendments to fee schedules set out in the Patent Rules, Trademarks Regulations, Industrial Design Regulations, and Copyright Regulations and will...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
It is common for private company owners to wonder what price they would receive if their company was offered for sale. When a business owner wants to formally determine the company’s actual value in the marketplace, however,...more
Through Resolution No. 61157 of 2020, which has been in force since Jan. 1, 2021, the Superintendence of Industry and Commerce (SIC) in Colombia increased its official fees for the procedures regarding industrial property,...more
Effective January 2, 2021, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) is adjusting certain trademark filing fees, post registration fees and Trademark Trial and Appeal Board fees for the first time in nearly...more
On November 17, 2020, the USPTO enacted a rule that will adjust trademark fees and Trademark Trial and Appeal Board fees. This is the first time that trademark fees have been adjusted since 2017. In the final rule, the USPTO...more
On May 8, 2020, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced a new program for expediting certain COVID-19 related patent applications. Under the COVID-19 Prioritized Examination Pilot Program, the USPTO...more
As described in our previous alert, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a notice waiving certain petition fees. In the notice, the USPTO cautioned that “[t]his notice does not grant waivers or extensions of...more
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is offering limited relief to patent and trademark applicants affected by coronavirus disease (COVID-19) by waiving the fee for filing a petition to revive an abandoned patent or...more
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) released new examination requirements that went into effect on February 15, 2020. One of the new requirements is to include an email address for the mark’s owner in the...more
As previously reported on this blog, the issue of payment of fees related to trademark applications/registrations in Venezuela is currently in a state of flux. ...more
On Feb. 1, 2019, the Venezuelan Ministry of National Commerce sent a notification that patent and trademark fees shall be paid in the Venezuelan cryptocurrency “PETRO.”...more
Por medio de la Resolución No. 69831 del 19 de septiembre de 2018 la Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio (SIC) en Colombia incrementó las tasas para los trámites relacionados con la Propiedad Industrial. Es decir, se...more
By means of the Resolution 69831 of Sept. 19, 2018, Colombia's Superintendence of Industry and Commerce (SIC) increased its official fees for the procedures regarding Industrial Property, which involves New Creations...more
In This Issue: Comments on New AIA Rules; Implementing the New Micro Entity Status at the U.S. Patent Office; Obama Administration Focuses on Chinese Trade Secret Misappropriation; and Tiffany & Co. v. Costco Wholesale...more