Significant increase in government fees for United States trademarks
Effective 2 January 2021, the United States is increasing its fees for filing trademark applications, maintaining trade mark registrations and filing oppositions and cancellation actions before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.
These fee adjustments will have a substantial impact for trademark owners, especially when filing a standard trademark application without using the pre-selected description of goods and services.
The main changes are:
[1] You can write the description of your goods and services, but it’s still essential to accurately describe your goods and services.
[2] You must select your goods or services listing from the Trademark Identification (ID) Manual. If the ID Manual doesn't have a listing that accurately reflects your goods and services, you must use TEAS Standard.