If the Office's proposed fees for supplemental patent examination and reexamination are any indication, getting patents reviewed through the new USPTO procedures rather than settling or ending up in ...

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has introduced new trademark fees for 2025. These changes are designed to address increased operating costs and examination times and they will ...

Lawyers have told Managing IP that they hope the USPTO will rethink some of the trademark and patent fees it has proposed. “Nobody begrudges periodically raising fees for filing applications, and I ...

The USPTO is restructuring its electronic trademark filing process by replacing the current TEAS Plus and TEAS Standard options with a single streamlined electronic application. Under the new system, ...

Recent developments have significantly impacted the manner in which patent practitioners respond to final rejections issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The widely utilized After ...

“The substantial costs associated with patent attorneys, ranging from several thousand to tens of thousands of dollars, coupled with the opportunity costs that first-time patenting entails, may deter ...

“Due to the USPTO’s unexpected approach to implementing the Rule 1.17(w) surcharges, filing applications subject to those surcharges without paying fees on the filing date has become more complicated.