It’s settled! The price of US trademarks will increase and will be officially implemented on January 2 next year!

Since June this year, the news of the price increase of US trademarks has been circulating. But before that, only the fees for US patents increased.

According to the latest news, on November 17 , the United States Patent and Trademark Office ( USPTO ) announced its decision to adjust the fee standards , and the new fee standards will take effect on January 2, 2021 .

It is reported that this is the first time that the US Trademark Office has raised its fee standards in the past three years. The main application items are:

The fees for trademark applications have been adjusted as follows:

➤Application Fee:

➤Swearing Fees:

➤ Petition Fees:

➤Revocation and objection:

➤Reconsideration Fees:

For more information about the USPTO fee increase, please visit the USPTO website (https://www.uspto.gov).

1. The US trademark official fee has increased significantly this time, with the lowest increase rate being 11% . Cross-border sellers who have applied for US trademarks should prepare in advance and hurry up to apply for registration before January 2 , 2021 !

2. Before this fee adjustment, customers could delete unused goods / services without paying any official fees, but after the adjustment, deleting goods / services may incur official fees. That is, if customers submit the 5th-6th year or 9th-10th year use declaration, they can continue to submit applications to delete goods / services without paying any official fees (note that the application can only involve deletion, if other content is involved, fees will still be incurred).

3. The fees of the entire process (including petition, revocation, objection, reconsideration, etc.) have increased to varying degrees, and the cost of maintaining the American standard has increased significantly. Sellers should be more cautious in choosing, comprehensively considering, and planning in advance when applying for the American standard to avoid unnecessary losses.

In addition to the price increase for American standards, Amazon has recently begun to strictly check product compliance certifications such as CE certification, European Standards Agency, and packaging law, and more and more non-compliant products have been removed from the shelves.

In order to ensure that the above-mentioned CE Marking requirements are met, EU law also requires manufacturers outside the EU to designate an EU Authorized Representative within the EU. It should be noted that as long as your product needs to be CE marked, you must find such an EU Authorized Representative.

The responsibilities of an EU Authorized Representative include:

The services provided by EU Authorized Representative include: