[E-trademarks] FW: Proposed trademark fees changes for fiscal year 2025

Mon Mar 25 16:31:43 EDT 2024

The NPRM lists 20 elements that are required for a “base application,” and failure to provide these would trigger the $100 fee.
(1) The applicant’s name and domicile address;
(2) The applicant’s legal entity;
(3) The citizenship of each individual applicant, or the state or country of incorporation or organization of each juristic applicant; (4) If the applicant is a domestic partnership, the names and citizenship of the general partners, or if the applicant is a domestic joint venture, the names and citizenship of the active members of the joint venture;
(5) If the applicant is a sole proprietorship, the state of organization of the sole proprietorship and the name and citizenship of the sole proprietor;
(6) One or more bases for filing that satisfy all the requirements of § 2.34. If more than one basis is set forth, the applicant must comply with the requirements of § 2.34 for each asserted basis;
(7) If the application contains goods and/or services in more than one class, compliance with § 2.86;
(8) A filing fee for each class of goods and/or services, as required by § 2.6(a)(1)(ii) or (iii);
(9) A verified statement that meets the requirements of § 2.33, dated and signed by a person properly authorized to sign on behalf of the owner pursuant to § 2.193(e)(1);
(10) If the applicant does not claim standard characters, the applicant must attach a digitized image of the mark. If the mark includes color, the drawing must show the mark in color;
(11) If the mark is in standard characters, a mark comprised only of characters in the Office's standard character set, typed in the appropriate field of the application;
(12) If the mark includes color, a statement naming the color(s) and describing where the color(s) appears on the mark, and a claim that the color(s) is a feature of the mark;
(13) If the mark is not in standard characters, a description of the mark;
(14) If the mark includes non-English wording, an English translation of that wording;
(15) If the mark includes non-Latin characters, a transliteration of those characters;
(16) If the mark includes an individual’s name or likeness, either (i) a statement that identifies the living individual whose name or likeness the mark comprises and written consent of the individual, or (ii) a statement that the name or likeness does not identify a living individual (see section 2(c) of the Act);
(17) If the applicant owns one or more registrations for the same mark, and the owner(s) last listed in Office records of the prior registration(s) for the same mark differs from the owner(s) listed in the application, a claim of ownership of the registration(s) identified by the registration number(s), pursuant to § 2.36;
(18) If the application is a concurrent use application, compliance with § 2.42;
(19) An applicant whose domicile is not located within the United States or its territories must designate an attorney as the applicant’s representative, pursuant to § 2.11(a), and include the attorney’s name, postal address, email address, and bar information; and
(20) Correctly classified goods and/or services, with an identification of goods and/or services from the Office's Acceptable Identification of Goods and Services Manual within the electronic form.

Want to petition to keep the domicile address out of the record? $100 fee, plus the petition fee. Client LLC representative enters “owner” instead of “member” on the signature line? $100 fee, depending on the examiner. (TMEP § 611.06(g) says that “owner” should be okay, but sometimes they decide otherwise.) Description of the mark not exact enough for the examiner? $100 fee. Miss a prior registration when citing prior relevant registrations? $100 fee. I also wonder if you can respond to the office action calling for the $100 fee to argue against the $100 fee or if the only way to argue against it would be a petition to the director…for a $400 fee.

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From: E-trademarks <e-trademarks-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com> On Behalf Of Ronni Jillions via E-trademarks
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Subject: Re: [E-trademarks] FW: Proposed trademark fees changes for fiscal year 2025

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I wonder what the USPTO will consider “insufficient information”.  Is that going to be imposed when in a first action, the examiner decides the description needs to be amended?

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Subject: Re: [E-trademarks] FW: Proposed trademark fees changes for fiscal year 2025

Here we go: merge TEAS/TEAS+, but use the higher $350/class rate. Then add add'l fees on top:
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TMIDM does not contain appropriate goods/services for your client? You pay $200!
Office decides you didn't supply "sufficient" information? You pay $100!

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Proposed trademark fees changes for fiscal year 2025
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As part of our regular assessment of fees under our fee-setting authority, we are proposing certain adjustments necessary to efficiently and effectively administer the U.S. trademark system. These fees provide our agency with the ability to implement programs and initiatives driving our 2022–2026 Strategic Plan, including developing news ways to fight fraud, supporting our employees and stakeholders with reliable IT infrastructure, and enhancing our work to reduce pendency. Our proposed changes to the trademark fees can be found in a notice of proposed rulemaking<https://lnks.gd/l/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJidWxsZXRpbl9saW5rX2lkIjoxMDEsInVyaSI6ImJwMjpjbGljayIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmZlZGVyYWxyZWdpc3Rlci5nb3YvcHVibGljLWluc3BlY3Rpb24vMjAyNC0wNjE4Ni9zZXR0aW5nLWFuZC1hZGp1c3RpbmctdHJhZGVtYXJrLWZlZXMtZHVyaW5nLWZpc2NhbC15ZWFyLTIwMjU_dXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPXN1YnNjcmlwdGlvbmNlbnRlciZ1dG1fY29udGVudD0mdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fbmFtZT0mdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1nb3ZkZWxpdmVyeSZ1dG1fdGVybT0iLCJidWxsZXRpbl9pZCI6IjIwMjQwMzI1LjkyMzQ1NDcxIn0.6N6BzCNHLozdKzmJULC_AsyXGnfWMf2N4-MoN7g_vAk/s/532765906/br/239555935206-l> (NPRM) that will officially publish tomorrow in the Federal Register. An NPRM on proposed patent fee changes is forthcoming.

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Our trademark fee proposal provides additional resources to enable us to deliver high-quality and timely trademark examination and review proceedings that produce accurate and reliable trademark rights for domestic and international stakeholders. It also enables us to spend additional efforts to declutter the trademark register and address fraud that impacts American entrepreneurs. The rule will enable the USPTO to accomplish our mission to drive U.S. innovation, inclusive capitalism, and global competitiveness.

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