WIPO Warns PTO: Fee Increase For Trademarks Violates Madrid Protocol

(May 22, 2024, 1:27 PM EDT) -- ALEXANDRIA, Va. — As the comment period draws to a close on plans by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to raise fees in fiscal year 2025 on certain trademark applications, the World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO) has weighed in with a warning that the proposal as written runs afoul of the primary system for international trademark registration....