[E-trademarks] character-count needs in Trademark Center?

[Carl Oppedahl]

Several listserv members, it turns out, apparently served as beta 
testers of the imminent Trademark Center system.

I'd be grateful if those listserv members can share with the rest of us 
how it is with the character counts of various fields:

  * at least three street address fields
  * each street address field accommodating at least fifty characters
  * a free-text field for non-US provinces and regions
  * a city field accommodating at least 30 characters
  * a docket number field of at least 25 characters.

On 6/20/2024 2:27 AM, Carl Oppedahl wrote:
>
> 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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