In addition to new Office Action response deadlines, the USPTO has announced that trademark fees in the United States will be significantly increased on January 18, 2025. Here is a summary of the changes.
Application Fees
You will no longer enjoy a discounted fee for filing a TEAS-Plus application instead of a TEAS-Standard application. All applications. other than applications filed under the Madrid Protocol, will require a fee of $350 per class. For Madrid applications, the fee is $600 per class.
Additional fees must be paid in the following situations:
- Insufficient information in the application: $100
- Use of a custom-made identification of goods or services (as distinguished from using one of the pre-approved descriptions appearing in the Trademark ID Manual): $100
- Each additional group of 1,000 characters over the first 1,000 characters in an identification: $200.
Madrid applications are not subject to these additional fees.
Statement of Use Fees
Beginning January 18, 2025, filing a Statement of Use or an Amendment to Allege Use will cost $150 each instead of $100.
Maintenance Fees
The filing fee for a declaration of use under Section 8 or 71 will be $325 per class instead of $225 per class.
The filing fee for an affidavit of incontestability under Section 15 will be $250 per class.
The filing fee for a Section 9 registration will be $350.
In conjunction with the Trademark Office’s new audit program, these fee increases provide a strong incentive to review your registration portfolio to see if there are any registrations, or registration classes, that should be removed.
Read a summary of 2025 trademark fee changes.
Visit my extensive Trademark FAQs page.
About the Author: Written by Thomas James, a licensed attorney with a practice focused on trademark and copyright protection for creators, entrepreneurs, and nonprofits. He is an accomplished author of legal texts and is admitted to practice before the Bar of the United States Supreme Court.
Disclaimer: The information in this blog post is for general informational and entertainment purposes only and does not constitute legal advice or establish an attorney-client relationship. While I am an attorney, I am not your attorney. If you need legal advice, you should retain or consult with an attorney.
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