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Trademark Fee Proposal Comments by EMP&A Focus on Impact on Small Businesses and USPTO IT Expenditures

Erik K Pelton

Last week, Erik provided comments to the USPTO’s Trademark Public Advisory Committee regarding proposed changes (increases) to many trademark fees. More details on the fee proposal can be found on the USPTO website here. But don’t let their silence fool you – small businesses will be the most impacted by the fee increases.

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Erik’s #1 Tip Filing a Trademark Application

Erik K Pelton

There are fees, costs, time involved. For more on this topic, see my post: Ten Key Questions to Ask Any Prospective Trademark Attorney. The post Erik’s #1 Tip Filing a Trademark Application appeared first on Erik M Pelton & Associates, PLLC. It’s risky to apply for a trademark anytime.

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How Trademarks Registrations Have Migrated To The Cloud

Erik K Pelton

When I launched the firm in December of 1999, the first applications I filed were on paper, and this provides me the opportunity now to look both forward and backward on this topic. If or when you receive a trademark registration now, you can pay a small fee to receive a paper copy from the USPTO.

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OneSubsea IP UK Ltd. v. FMC Tech., Inc., No. 22-1099 (Fed. Cir. May 23, 2023)

Intellectual Property Law Blog

Topic This case addresses the proper standard for an appeal of a discretionary decision by a successor judge as well as requests for attorneys’ fees under 35 U.S.C. § Following the District Court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of FMC, FMC filed a motion for attorneys’ fees and non-taxable costs under 35 U.S.C. §

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Top Trademark Trends of 2020

Erik K Pelton

And despite a dip in filings during the spring, the pace of filings continued to grow in summer and fall. The number of applications filed, and registrations granted in FY2020 both grew over the prior year, to the highest in history. But filings rebounded, including a record number from China. trademark registrations!

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Informal innovation: The re-emergence of ‘informal’ washing machines

SpicyIP

Image from here A topic close to this blog’s heart – informal innovation, recently made headlines. Efforts were made to commercialise this innovation – re-designing to lower costs, a patent was filed, licensing and royalty sharing agreements were entered into, but mostly in vain, at least in India.

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UK IPO consultation on trade mark and design services

The IPKat

Readers can respond to the consultation with their views on these topics, before 11:59am on 31 October 2023. This suggests many customers have difficulties with filing series marks. Supplementary Protection Certificate (SPC) fee payment periods Fees for an SPC must be paid for in a single payment before the SPC may take effect.

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