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New USPTO Trademark Filing Fees Take Effect January 18 2025

On November 18, 2024, the USPTO issued a final rule to increase certain trademark filing fees. The fees will take effect January 18, 2025. A full list of the changes, including some discontinued filing options, can be...more

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USPTO Updates Deadline to Respond to Trademark Office Actions

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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has updated the deadline to respond to Office Actions for trademark applications. As of December 3, 2022, trademark applicants now have three months (instead of the...more

Harris Beach PLLC

New Deadline to Respond to Office Actions for Trademark Applications

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The United States Patent and Trademark Office has shortened the deadline for responding to Office Actions regarding trademark applications. Beginning on December 3, 2022, trademark applicants will have three months, instead...more

Ladas & Parry LLP

USPTO Shortens Time for Tm Applicants to Respond to Office Actions Starting December 3, 2022

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The United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) has announced that starting on December 3, 2022, those filing trademark applications will have three months (instead of the original six) to respond to office actions during...more

Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig PLLC

Trademark Alert: USPTO Announces Temporary Excusable Nonuse Exemption for Trademark Owners Impacted by COVID-19

In response to the protracted impact of COVID-19, the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has determined that the pandemic constitutes an extraordinary situation warranting several announcements over the past year that...more

UB Greensfelder LLP

The Trademark Modernization Act of 2020: What Trademark Owners Need To Know

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On December 27, 2020, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, was signed into law. Most famous for the inclusion of the $900 billion COVID-19 stimulus package, the bill also included the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Overcoming TM Maintenance Filing Hurdles Amid Pandemic

As we near the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, trademark maintenance deadlines in 2021 create new obstacles for registrants. To maintain a federal trademark registration, registrants must periodically file an...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

As Pandemic Drags On, Trademark Registrants May Face Maintenance Filing Hurdles

Despite the black humor that March 2020 has never actually ended, time does keep marching on and presenting new challenges. As we near the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, trademark maintenance deadlines in 2021 create...more

McDermott Will & Emery

BREXIT: How Will It Impact Your European Trademark Rights?

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The United Kingdom (UK) has officially withdrawn from the European Union (EU) on February 1, 2020, but will only become a third party after a transition period ending on December 31, 2020. With that date fast approaching, you...more

Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP

Update: USPTO Trademark Relief Under the CARES Act

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is continuing to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak by offering relief to applicants and registrants. On May 27, 2020, the USPTO issued its most recent notice, confirming...more

International Lawyers Network

The Impact of COVID-19 on U.S. Trademark Applications and Registrations

On March 31, 2020, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a notice concerning the waiver of certain trademark-related timing deadlines pursuant to Section 12004 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Trademark Office Deadlines and Coronavirus-Related Delays (Update #3)

With all of the business interruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, many worldwide trademark offices have taken steps to recognize the issues caused by the crisis. The offices in which applicants from the U.S. most...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

COVID-19 Extensions for Trademark Office

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office authorized relief for trademark applicants, registrants, and parties to Trademark Trial and Appeals Board ("TTAB") proceedings. The...more

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Patent and Trademark Offices Globally React to COVID-19

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[Updated – March 30, 2020] As local and national governments take measures to combat the spread of COVID-19, patent and trademark owners are facing potential difficulties with meeting prosecution and dispute deadlines. The...more

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