On August 29, 2019, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO Andrei Iancu notified the Trademark Public Advisory Committee (TPAC) of the office’s intent to set or adjust trademark related fees and submitted a preliminary trademark fee proposal. The preliminary trademark fee proposal and associated materials are below. For more information, visit the fee setting and adjustment page.
- 2019-18655 - Notice of Public Hearing - TPAC
- Letter to the Director to TPAC
- Table of Trademark Fee Adjustments
- Table of Trademark Fees – Current, Proposed and Unit Cost
- TPAC Executive Summary
- TPAC Detailed Appendix
- Video of the TPAC public hearing
2:00 p.m. - Welcoming remarks
Trademark Public Advisory Committee Chair William Barber
Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director
of the United States Patent and Trademark Office Andrei Iancu
2:30 p.m. - Overview of fee adjustment proposals
Deputy Commissioner for Trademark Administration Greg Dodson
Chief Administrative Trademark Judge Gerard F. Rogers
2:45 p.m. - Scheduled testimony
2:45 – 2:55 p.m. Erik M. Pelton & Associates, PPLC Erik Pelton
2:55 – 3:05 p.m. INTA Subcommittee for Trademark Office Practice
for the United States Chair Jennifer Fraser
3:05 – 3:15 p.m. Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu, P.C. Allison Strickland Ricketts
3:15 – 3:25 p.m. Intellectual Propery Owners Association Jenny L. Greisman
3:25 – 3:35 p.m. President of AIPLA Sheldon H. Klein
Closing remarks
Trademark Public Advisory Committee Chair William Barber