Assignments/Recordations
- FY 14 Enhancements to the Electronic Trademark Assignment System (eTAS) (05Sep2014)
- Updating Ownership Information After Assignment is Recorded (22Feb2013)
- Steps When Confronted with an Assignment Against Your Property Filed by Another Party (UPDATED 21Nov2013)
- Assignment Enhancements (4Oct2011)
- Record Trademarks With Customs and Border Protection (CBP) (1Oct2010)
Bulk Data
Electronic Communications
- Notice Concerning Archival Copies of Trademark Registration Certificates and Updated Registration Certificates (03March2016)
- TSDR Release Highlights [Word] (24Oct2015)
- USPTO Now Issuing Courtesy Email Reminders of Registration Maintenance Filing Deadlines (27Jan2015) Updated
- Advisory - PDF Format Change in the Trademark Official Gazette (08Aug2014)
- How to make TSDR Records More Readable (04Aug2014)
- Electronic Trademark Official Gazette Enhancements (10Dec2013)
- Subscribing to Trademark Alert Emails (03Dec2013)
- TMIDSuggest Mailbox for Proposing New Goods/Services Entries (03Dec2013)
- How 100% Electronic Communication Can Save Time and Money (04Mar2013)
- Deployment of Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) 2.1 (03Feb2013)
- 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 (29Aug2012)
- Additional Courtesy Email Addresses Now Permitted for Trademark Correspondence (2Dec2011)
- Subscribe to Trademark Alerts (23Dec2010)
- Ensuring Proper Delivery of All USPTO Emails (26Feb2010)
Electronic Filing [Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS)]
- TEAS Reformatted Declarations Effective January 14, 2017 (January 3, 2017)
- Waiver of Certain Trademark Rules of Practice as a Result of the Shutdown of the Trademark Electronic Application System (31Dec2015)
- USPTO Financial Manager
- Using the TEAS Attorney Withdrawal, Replacement, and Appointment/Revocation Forms (31Jan2014)
- How 100% Electronic Communication Can Save Time and Money (04Mar2013)
- Madrid Protocol Concerning the International Registration of Marks - Fee Change - Effective February 17, 2013 [PDF] (17Jan13)
- USPTO Trademark Filing Information for Customers Impacted by Hurricane Sandy (02Nov12)
- Extension of OHIM Deadlines Due to Hurricane Sandy [PDF] (02Nov12)
- Avoiding Loss of TEAS Plus Status (6Aug2012)
- Steps for Transmitting a Large Volume of Evidence Electronically (30Mar20102)
Processing Issues
- TIPS for Responding to a USPTO Office Action (15Dec2015)
- Letters of Protest (03Dec2013)
- Overdue Registrations (03Dec2013)
- WIPO Announces New Special Services for Users of Madrid System (30Jul2013)
- How to Overcome a Specimen Refusal (22Feb2013)
- How to Overcome an Ornamental Refusal (22Feb2013)
- Consistency Initiative Made Permanent Program (04Dec12)
- Additional Information for Post-Notice of Allowance Process (15Mar2012)
- Relief Available to Trademark Applicants and Owners Affected by the Catastrophic Events in Japan (17Mar2011)
- Maximizing Use of Insurance Extension Option When Filing Statement of Use (07May2010)
Classification and Identification
- Retirement of Trademarks legacy ID Manual (21Dec2016)
- March 2015 Enhancements to the Beta version of the Trademarks Next Generation ID Manual (13March2015)
- Notice Regarding Trademark ID Manual and Suggestions to TM IDSuggest Mailbox - July 2014 (07Jul2014)
- International Schedule of Classes of Goods and Services under Nice Agreement (01Jan2014)
- Noteworthy changes to the Nice Classification System under the Nice Agreement (01Jan2014)
- TMIDSuggest Mailbox for Proposing New Goods/Services Entries (03Dec2013)
- Notice Regarding Trademark ID Manual and Suggestions to TM ID Suggest Mailbox (TMIDSuggest@uspto.gov) - December 2013 (29Nov2013)
- ID Manual Enhancements (20July2013)
- Archived Notices
On-line Resources
- TMEP April 2016 (30April2016)
- TMEP October 2015 (30Oct2015)
- WIPO Selects USPTO for Inaugural Publication – Madrid Highlights Special Edition (March 2015)
- TMEP October 2014 (30Oct2014)
- Trademark Policy Collaboration Site Overview (03Dec2013)
- Official Gazette Subscriber Alert (11Dec12)
- TMEP IdeaScale Website Available (11Dec12)
- Reminder: Use resources of TMIN Videos and Process Timelines (24May2011)
Madrid Protocol
- Tips for Avoiding Denial of Certification of International Application (March 2016)
- WIPO Selects USPTO for Inaugural Publication – Madrid Highlights Special Edition (March 2015)
- WIPO Announces New Special Services for Users of Madrid System (30Jul2013)