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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.
Rise in patent official fees in New Zealand
To avoid a 33%-50% increase in official fees for patent applications in New Zealand, one should endeavour to do the following before 13 February 2020:
1) File a new patent application with a complete specification.
2) Request for examination or re-examination.