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

[Neil R. Ormos]

mrichter richtertrademarks.com via E-trademarks wrote:

> I think we should propose a change that if an
> applicant must pay the fee for free-form
> descriptions, it should be refundable if it is
> sent to the ID Manual dept. and
> accepted. Similar to the way fees are refunded
> at the TTAB for no response from a defendant.

If that refund policy were adopted, wouldn't the inevitable result be to reduce to exactly zero the number of applicant-submitted descriptions that are accepted for addition to the ID manual?