ARE Trademark Law Alert:US Patent & Trademark Office Considers Rule Change for Foreign Trademark Applicants

(October 24, 2018)  In a September 24, 2018 address to the Intellectual Property Owners’ Association, US Patent & Trademark Office (“USPTO”) Director Andrei Iancu announced that he was considering a rule change to restrict  pro se trademark applications by foreign nationals.  Current rules allow foreign nationals to file US trademark applications without having legal representation.  […]