Don’t Get Fooled by Trademark Scams, 1:29:25 
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Handout against Trademark Scam
Caution: Scam alert | USPTO
商標登録insideNews: U.S. Department of Commerce Files Federal Trademark Registrations to Combat Scams Against Trademark Applicants | JDSupra
商標登録insideNews: Alert On New USPTO Trademark Email Scam | Polsinelli – JDSupra
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is announcing the date, time, and place of a public hearing that will be held by the Trademark Public Advisory Committee (TPAC) on the USPTO’s proposed setting or adjusting of trademark fees pursuant to the USPTO’s fee setting authority under section 10 of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA). The USPTO will make its proposed trademark fees available—as set forth in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice—before the TPAC hearing. The public is invited to testify at the hearing and submit written comments regarding proposed trademark fees.
情報源: Federal Register :: Trademark Public Advisory Committee Public Hearing on the Proposed Trademark Fee Schedule
Fee Setting and Adjusting | USPTO
今回提案されているものでは、TEAS, Plus出願は止めて、350ドルPer classの基礎出願に統一し、情報不足の出願や、Trademark Next Generation ID Manual以外の商品役務記載、区分ごとにcharacters countが1000が超える記載の出願は料金の加算となります。マドプロで日本の商品役務の記載をそのまま翻訳して出願する方式では、クラスごと数百ドルも高くなることにもなりそうです。(例 The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) =57 characters) また、更新時の費用も値上げ案が出されています。まだ案の段階ですので値上げなどの時期は未定と思いますが、勝手に１年後ぐらいを予想しています。
(2023.5.30追記)
情報源: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Set to Increase Trademark Fees | Holland & Knight LLP – JDSupra
その中で次のスケジュールが予定および予想されています。
2023年6月5日 ハイブリッド公聴会
2024年1月から3月: 規則制定案に関する通知を公開。
2024年3月から6月: パブリックコメント期間
2024年10月と予想: USPTO が最終規則を発行します。
2024年11月: 料金変更の発効予定日(予想)
Table of Proposed Trademark Fee Adjustments (Currently Proposed)
Recognizing brand owners who are making a differenceThe United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has launched the new Trademarks for Humanity awards program to recognize brand owners who are harnessing the power of trademarks to help solve humanitarian challenges.The USPTO will accept applications for this year’s awards from April 11 to July 14 or until 200 applications are received, whichever occurs first.
Overview of common failure-to-function refusals、1:36:24
1．Learn the Importance of IP Protection to Start a Business、32：27
New trademark decisions and proceedings search tool launched The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) launched a new, user-friendly search tool on February 17. The search tool allows you to filter and sort information to find decisions more easily on: Expungement and reexamination proceedings and Administrative and sanctions orders
情報源: New trademark decisions and proceedings search tool launched | USPTO
抹消手続（Expungement)と再審査手続(reexamination)の決定, 及び行政上の制裁命令（sanctions orders）に特化したデータベースで、2023年2月17日から利用開始されています。
米国商標近代化法 (TMA, Trademark Modernization Act 2020)の概要
Registering trademarks for newer technologies, 1:28:06
Today at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) Women’s Entrepreneurship (WE) event in Naples, Florida, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office Kathi Vidal announced the launch of the agency’s new Intellectual Property (IP) Identifier tool. This user-friendly, virtual resource— designed for those who are less familiar with IP—enables users to identify whether they have IP and the IP protections they need to support and advance their business, invention, or brand.
情報源: USPTO introduces new tool to help creators identify their intellectual property | USPTO
IP Identifier (USPTO launches a new IP Identifier tool)
世界知的所有権機関(WIPO)の商標検索ツール 無料で使えるツール10選 商標登録 検索vol.6
WIPOにはIP Diagnosticsと呼ばれる同様のツールがあります。
Nike is looking to block the registration of a trademark that plays on its famed “Just Do It” slogan. In the opposition that it initiated with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“TTAB”) on Tuesday, counsel for Nike asserts that the sportswear giant stands to be damaged if Tacvue, Inc.’s application for JUST DAO IT is registered by the trademark office.
情報源: Nike is Angling to Block Registration of JUST DAO IT Trademark
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is adding new terms to the Trademark ID Manual to cover goods and services that address climate change, or green tech. The new terms allow more trademark applicants who offer green tech to file using TEAS Plus and pay a lower application fee. We’ve added over 75 terms so far, including biomethane, research and development in the field of wind energy, and treatment of captured landfill gas.
情報源: Trademark ID Manual updates incorporate green tech
Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad
米国特許商標庁（USPTO）
商標登録insideNews: Retirement of Trademarks legacy ID Manual | USPTO
(ID Manual added G&S relating to Green Tech)
