[E-trademarks] [EXT] Re: Trademark Center is coming soon

[Sam Castree]

Ugh.  "Save Form" is a vital feature.


Cheers,

Sam Castree, III

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On Thu, Jun 20, 2024 at 3:02 PM Alex Butterman via E-trademarks <
e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com> wrote:

> I volunteered to be a beta tester of it. As I recall, I was not very
> impressed with it as a practitioner because the new application form seemed
> targeted to non-attorneys with too much explanatory material and pretty
> much only one section per screen. The biggest drawback that stopped me from
> using it was that there is no option to save the data one inputs and go
> back to it later or to have a paralegal draft the application and share the
> draft with me. .
>
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> *From:* E-trademarks <e-trademarks-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com> *On Behalf
> Of *Carl Oppedahl via E-trademarks
> *Sent:* Thursday, June 20, 2024 4:27 AM
> *To:* For trademark practitioners. This is not for laypersons to seek
> legal advice. <e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com>
> *Cc:* Carl Oppedahl <carl at oppedahl.com>
> *Subject:* [EXT] Re: [E-trademarks] Trademark Center is coming soon
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>
> Oh and by the way, maybe I missed it, but I do not recall having seen even
> a hint or suggestion of the Commissioner asking the membership of our
> listserv what, if anything, we think is broken in TEAS that needs to be
> fixed in this new TC, nor do I recall having seen even a hint or suggestion
> of the Commissioner asking the membership of our listserv what new
> features, if any, we wished to see added in this new TC.
>
> See
> https://blog.oppedahl.com/commissioner-for-trademarks-responds-to-the-fifty-four-trademark-practitioners/
> in which Fifty-Four Trademark Practitioners wrote to Commissioner Gooder on
> August 7, 2021 asking for some improvements in TEAS, particularly in the
> area of character-count limitations in various fields.  In October of 2021,
> Commissioner Gooder promised that we would get all of our "asks" from that
> letter.  When the beta version gets released, I am confident it will turn
> out that Commissioner Gooder will have kept that promise.
>
> On 6/20/2024 1:43 AM, Carl Oppedahl via E-trademarks wrote:
>
> Here is what popped up just now as I tried to prepare a new US trademark
> application:
>
> Trademark Center is coming soon
> We’ve been working on Trademark Center, a new system designed to improve
> your filing experience. This summer, you’ll be able to use the beta version
> of Trademark Center to apply to register your trademark.
>
> You’ll have the option to apply to register your trademark in either
> Trademark Center or the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) for
> six months. The cost to file remains the same in both systems.
>
> Given the disasters of Patent Center and Assignment Center, I feel that I
> can predict with very high confidence that this new "Trademark Center" will
> likewise be a disaster.
>
>
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