[E-trademarks] USPTO's pre-populated Madrid application form

[Tim Ackermann]

Ok, Carl, now that's pretty cool. Time saved for everyone!
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On Wed, Sep 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM Carl Oppedahl via E-trademarks <
e-trademarks at oppedahl-lists.com> wrote:

> Yes as we know there are two filing paths -- what I call the "one-click"
> path and the other path where you laboriously fill in all of the fields.
>
> The one-click path is cheaper in terms of government fees, because it is
> auto-certified to the IB.
>
> The one-click path avoids the risk of mistakes made by the filer and
> avoids risks of mistakes made by humans in the Madrid Processing Unit.
>
> I wonder how many people know that I am responsible for the existence of
> the one-click path.  Yes, back when the news came out that the US had
> become signatory to the Madrid Procotol, I got on the phone with Craig
> Morris, who was at that time the chief external-contact person for the
> Trademark Office.  And I emailed to him a spec sheet that I had written up,
> that detailed that it ought to be possible to design a one-click filing
> path.  Auto-certified.  You key in your "basic" application number and
> click about twice more and Bob was going to be your uncle.  I designed the
> click path for the Trademark Office.  The first question was "what is your
> basic filing?" and the second one was "do you want to claim Paris Article 4
> priority?".  And I said the Trademark Office ought to be able to reduce the
> government fee since nobody at the Trademark Office would have to look at
> the application.
>
> And a few weeks later, Craig phoned me up to say that it was a done deal
> that one of the options would be one-click filing.
>
>
> On 9/10/2025 2:17 PM, Katherine Koenig via E-trademarks wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
>
>
> I have two cases where I filed the US basic application a month ago but
> the USPTO still doesn’t allow me to use the pre-populated Madrid
> application form because “the Office has not yet completed the initial
> processing of the case.”
>
>
>
> I tried calling TAC just now, but they apparently close at 4pm now. Sigh.
>
>
>
> Does anyone have experience with this issue – should I keep waiting, call
> TAC tomorrow (can I do anything to nudge them to process the basic
> application?), or populate the Madrid application form manually (I’d prefer
> not to risk mistakes and then wait for the UPSTO to certify the application
> and send to WIPO…).  Thank you!
>
>
>
> Best regards,
>
>
>
> Katherine
>
>
>
> Dr. Katherine Koenig
>
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>
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>
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