‘Lawyers have got to start filing electronically – if not, it’ll cost you’: USPTO explains sharp rise in trademark fees

The US Patent and Trademark Office’s trademark commissioner, Mary Boney Denison, has spoken to World Trademark Review about the recent decision to sharply raise trademark filing fees submitted non-electronically. While acknowledging that some lawyers still prefer to file on paper, she reveals that those filings are made at a loss to the office. Furthermore, she gave an update on the radical proposed changes to clear up the US trademark register.