Posts tagged The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”).
With an increase in both the number of trademark applications and fraudulent trademark applications over the last several years, the USPTO has recently instituted several additional filing requirements, increased most filing fees, and added new fee categories.
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) is constantly adapting to the changing world, which now includes the virtual world, and more and more trademark applicants are seeking to obtain trademark protection for virtual goods and services. As a reminder, the USPTO has adopted an international system of classifying goods and services in trademark applications, with 45 different categories. There is some confusion about how virtual goods and services are classified.