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Assignments/Recordations

Steps When Confronted with an Assignment Against Your Property Filed by Another Party (14Mar2012)
Assignment Enhancements (4Oct2011)
Record Trademarks With Customs and Border Protection (CBP) (1Oct2010)

Checking Status and Viewing Documents

Deployment of TSDR 2.0 and Retirement of "Old" TARR and TDR (16Aug2012)
Merged TARR and TDR icons (1Feb2012)
Retention of "Old" TARR (25Jan2012)
Introduction of Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR 1.0) (16Dec2011) UPDATED
Deployment of Trademark Document Retrieval (TDR) 2.0 (31Mar2011)
Lower-Cost Trademark Bulk Data from U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (01Jan2008)

Electronic Communications

Notice Concerning Larger Than Usual Trademark Official Gazette (TMOG) (21Sep2012)
Direct Link to Trademark Official Gazette Page Featuring Marks for Applicants Who Authorize Communications by E-Mail [HTML] (29Aug2012)
Problem Resolved with Delivery of USPTO Communications to Courtesy Email Addresses (16Mar2012)
Problem with Delivery of USPTO Communications to Courtesy Email Addresses (28Feb2012)
Modified Language for E-Mailed Notices Related to OG Publication (16Dec2011)
Additional Courtesy Email Addresses Now Permitted for Trademark Correspondence (2Dec2011)
New "Notification of Notice of Publication" and Acceptance of Multiple Email Addresses (24Oct2011)
The USPTO Speaks: Electronic Processing (27Jul2011)
Subscribe to Trademark Alerts (23Dec2010)
Ensuring Proper Delivery of All USPTO Emails (26Feb2010)

Electronic Filing [Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)]

Avoiding Loss of TEAS Plus Status (6Aug2012)
Steps for Transmitting a Large Volume of Evidence Electronically (30Mar20102)
Highlights of Upcoming TEAS 4.9 Release (3Nov2011)
Important Change to TEAS e-Signature Approach (01Dec2010)

Processing Issues

Additional Information for Post-Notice of Allowance Process (15Mar2012)
Relief Available to Trademark Applicants and Owners Affected by the Catastrophic Events in Japan (17Mar2011)
Continued and Expanded Consistency Initiative (23Jun2010)
Maximizing Use of Insurance Extension Option When Filing Statement of Use (07May2010)

Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (TMEP) and Other Resources

Highlights of TMEP 8th Edition, October 2011 (20Oct2011)
TMEP (17Oct2011)
Reminder: Use resources of TMIN Videos and Process Timelines (24May2011)

Miscellaneous

Trademark Considerations for Using Detroit Satellite Office (25Jul2012)

United States Patent and Trademark Office

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