On January 8, 2018, the USPTO quietly issued a notice that beginning on January 16, 2018, all reissue patent family members, as well as the original parent patent from which the reissue application(s) originated from, will be subject to payment of maintenance fees for each reissue family member (i.e., divisional and continuation reissue patents) (MPEP …
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IP Practicum: WIPO Retires ROMARIN for International Trademark Registrations; Madrid Monitor to Replace
On December 19, 2017, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) published a news release formally retiring the ROMARIN trademark search database, and replacing it with the new Madrid Monitor system, starting January 1, 2018. This will apply to all international trademark applications filed under the Madrid System for the Registration of Marks, also known just …