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Timestamp: 2017-10-21 04:35:17
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USPTO Trademark Applications?
TEAS PLUS is designed to be easier for both the applicant and the USPTO and comes with a reduced fee that is currently $100 less ($225 instead of $325) than TEAS and $50 less than TEAS RF (TEAS RF is $275). In TEAS Plus the applicant can only choose goods and services identifications that are already in the goods and services ID manual and have already been approved for use by the USPTO. The rate of refusals for TEAS plus is lower than that of TEAS perhaps for this reason, 30% of TEAS PLUS applications publish for opposition without a refusal (70% are refused).
Filing on paper is currenly $375/classification.
TEAS Plus and TEAS RF are a great way to save money and decrease the risk of refusal if an existing goods/service category is strategically good for your business. If you need a custom goods/services category, regular TEAS may be the best way to go. Choosing a goods/service category strategically can be a way to avoid refusal and opposition, being too broad may open you up to more likelihood of confusion and too narrow can be limiting.
Benefit of Using TEAS Plus: Preparation Pays Off in Time & Money & Less Refusals
TEAS Plus applications issue faster because the goods and services categories will not be refused for indefiniteness or other reasons. (ID refusals are very common.) TEAS Plus applications also issue faster because all of the necessary information has to be prepared and inputted at the time of the application in order to file the application. A TEAS applicant will still have to supply almost all of the same information but they will have to do it in a Response to Office Action when the application is refused for not having all the proper information. Using up a nonfinal response (you usually only get one) to provide basic information may be costly in money and in time. Responses to Office Actions take time and can involve attorneys fee. If you are applying for a design mark that is difficult to describe, TEAS may be better than TEAS Plus because the examiner will write the description for you. If you fail to describe a difficult design mark well enough on TEAS Plus, the examiner or their paralegal may write it for you and charge the $50 fee to convert to TEAS.
TEAS RF
To be eligible for the reduced fee, a TEAS Plus application must request registration of a trademark or service mark on the Principal Register, and must include the following at the time of filing:
Applicant’s Legal Entity and Citizenship (or state or country of incorporation of a juristic applicant);
Paper Correspondence Address. A name and address for paper correspondence;
E-mail Correspondence Address and Authorization. An e-mail correspondence address and authorization for the USPTO to send correspondence to the applicant by e-mail;
Filing Basis or Bases. One or more bases for filing, and all requirements of 37 C.F.R. §2.34 for each basis;
Identification and Classification of Goods/Services. A correctly classified and definite identification of goods/services taken directly from the USPTO’s Acceptable Identification of Goods and Services Manual (“USPTO ID Manual”), at http://tess2.uspto.gov/netahtml/tidm.html;
Filing Fee. A filing fee per class for all classes listed in the application;
Signed Verification. A verified statement, dated and signed by a properly authorized person;
Drawing. A clear drawing of the mark comprising either: (1) a claim of standard characters and the mark, typed in the appropriate TEAS Plus field; or (2) a digitized image of a mark in special form. If the mark includes color, the digitized image must show the mark in color;
Color Claim and Description of Color(s). If the mark includes color, a claim that the color(s) is a feature of the mark; and a statement in the “Description of the Mark” field naming the color(s) and describing where the color(s) appears on the mark;
Description of Mark. If the mark is not in standard characters, a description of the mark;
Prior Registrations for Same Mark. If the applicant owns one or more registrations for the same mark, and the last listed owner(s) of the prior registration(s) differs from the owner of the application, a claim of ownership of the registration(s), identified by the United States registration number(s);
Translation. If the mark includes foreign wording, a translation of that wording;
Transliteration of Non-Latin Characters. If the mark includes non-Latin characters, a transliteration of those characters;
Consent to Registration of Name or Portrait. If the mark includes an individual’s name or portrait, either: (1) a statement that identifies the living individual whose name or likeness the mark comprises, and written consent of the individual; or (2) a statement that the name or portrait does not identify a living individual;
Concurrent Use. If the application is a concurrent use application, the application must meet the requirements of 37 C.F.R. §2.42;
Multiple-Class Applications. If the application contains goods/services in more than one class, the application must meet the requirements of 37 C.F.R. §2.86; and
Section 44 Applications. In a §44 application, the scope of the goods/services covered by the §44 basis may not exceed the scope of the goods/services in the foreign application or registration.
To maintain TEAS Plus status, the applicant must file the following documents through TEAS:
Responses to Office actions (except notices of appeal);
Requests for reconsideration of final Office actions;
Requests to change the correspondence address and/or owner’s address;
Appointment and/or revocation of power of attorney;
Appointment and/or revocation of domestic representative;
Voluntary amendments;
Amendments to allege use under §1(c) of the Trademark Act, 15 U.S.C. §1051(c);
Statements of use under §1(d) of the Trademark Act, 15 U.S.C. §1051(d);
Requests for extensions of time to file a statement of use under §1(d) of the Trademark Act, 15 U.S.C. §1051(d); and
Requests to delete a §1(b) basis in a multiple-basis application.
TEAS RF permits an applicant who files an application for registration of a trademark, service mark, certification mark, collective membership mark, or collective trademark based on §1 or §44 of the Trademark Act, 15 U.S.C. §1051 or §1126, to pay a reduced filing fee of $275 per class, if the applicant:
(1) Files an application, using the USPTO’s TEAS RF application, available at http://www.uspto.gov;
(2) Agrees to file certain communications regarding the application, such as responses to Office actions, through TEAS; and
(3) Agrees to receive communications concerning the application by e-mail.
To maintain TEAS RF status, the applicant must also file the following documents through TEAS:
(2) A name and address for correspondence;
(3) A clear drawing of the mark;
(4) A listing of the goods or services;
(5) The filing fee for at least one class of goods or services, required by § 2.6.
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