<div dir="ltr"><div>They have a spreadsheet listing the proposed fees <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/Trademark-Fees-Current-Proposed-Unit-Cost-NPRM-2024.xlsx" target="_blank">here</a>. Below are the three fees with the largest percentage increases. One might suspect that the USPTO either wants to receive fewer Petitions to the Director and Letters of Protest, following the 2021 changes, or that they want to increase the required fees, in an effort to achieve "optimal pendency". In her <a href="https://www.uspto.gov/about-us/news-updates/statement-under-secretary-commerce-intellectual-property-and-director-united">report to Congress last April, Director Vidal stated</a>:</div><div><br></div><div style="margin-left:40px">
The USPTO also has tools available for third parties to protect the
trademark register. The Trademark Modernization Act created the ability
for third parties to file petitions to request institution of ex parte
nonuse proceedings before the Director. Since implementation, the USPTO
has received approximately 270 third-party petitions and instituted
approximately 160 nonuse proceedings on the registrations identified in
those petitions that resulted in the cancellation of a total of
approximately 1100 goods or services. Third parties can also file a
letter of protest to submit evidence that the specimens of use submitted
in a pending application are fake or fraudulent. In calendar year 2022,
the USPTO received approximately 80 Letters of Protest providing
evidence of nonuse and, where the evidence was determined to be relevant
and forwarded to the examining attorney for consideration, nearly half
of those cases resulted in a refusal to register based on the evidence
provided.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt">You can read the proposed new fees here, starting on page 25:
</span><a href="https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2024-06186.pdf" target="_blank">2024-06186.pdf (federalregister.gov)</a><u></u><u></u></p>
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<li style="margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:12pt">Teas PLUS going away (sort of)<u></u><u></u></span></li><li style="margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:12pt">New standard app fee of $350 per class, PLUS $200 per class if you don’t use the TM ID manual (so TEAS-PLUS type filings go up from $250-$350 per class,
Regular TEAS-type filings go up from $350-$550)<u></u><u></u></span></li><li style="margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size:12pt">Additional charges for descriptions over 1K characters per class.<u></u><u></u></span></li></ol>
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