Major benefit: American standard registration time is greatly shortened

Recently, Amazon sellers finally received good news. The United States Patent and Trademark Office notified that starting from December 3, 2022, the time limit for responding to U.S. trademark examination opinions will be shortened from 6 months to 3 months.

Why is this good news? By shortening response times, the USPTO intends to: Reduce the time it takes to obtain registrations. Provide flexibility to request more time to respond to more complex office actions.

Shortening the time required for registration means that sellers can get the R mark faster. This change only applies to review opinion notices issued after December 3, 2022. The original deadline will still apply to those before December 3.

There is also great news: 15,000 trademarks were revoked and Amazon sellers’ brands were removed, indicating abuse. Some sellers have successfully re-registered. If you are also a victim, you can also try. Please note that you need to re-register the trademark. After obtaining the TM mark, you can appeal through multiple channels. I hope you can also succeed.