<div dir="auto">I\u2019ve grappled with this with others, and we all agree that 44 applications are effectively $550 per class (and probably more because they will likely blow through 1000 characters) unless by some miracle the identification is short. Going to have to call an audible when received. <br clear="all"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><br><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Olivia M. Clavio</font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Email: <a href="mailto:omclavio@gmail.com" target="_blank">omclavio@gmail.com</a></font></div><div><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Phone: <span style="font-size:12.8px">317.777.1000</span></font></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jan 15, 2025 at 2:36\u202fPM Mark Kaufman via E-trademarks <<a href="mailto:e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com">e-trademarks@oppedahl-lists.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style="word-wrap:break-word"><div class="m_4828390115143329537WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">This may already have been \u201casked and answered\u201d, but: </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">To avoid the additional $200 fee for \u201cfree form text\u201d (which previously was included in the $350 fee for \u201cStandard TEAS\u201d), must we advise our clients with International Registrations that regardless of the goods/services described in those registrations, they now must squeeze the round peg of their goods/services into the square holes of the USPTO ID Manual? Or would that render the US application invalid (and subject to a $100 \u201cinsufficiency fee!\u201d) because of the discrepancy between the original, international registration and the attempt to save that extra $200 per mark, per class? So effectively, every Section 44(d) and 44(e) application starts with $550 in filing fees?</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Arghh.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,</p><p class="MsoNormal">Mark</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Mark S. 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