美国专利商标局将开始颁发电子商标注册证

2023年7月16日 | 分类: 域名法务

美国专利商标局将于2022年6月7日开始颁发电子商标注册证，这些将作为正式的注册证书。（*国内2022年1月1日起采用电子商标注册证）

改变缘由

多年来，不断有用户呼吁表示更愿意收到数字版商标注册证书，而非纸质证书。作为回应，美国专利商标局将开始通过电子证书向任何拥有注册商标所有权人颁发商标证书。这一变化将使证书更易获取并缩短权利人接收证书的时间，同时进一步推动美国专利商标局商标申请处理全流程的电子化。

改变结果

商标注册证不再通过将注册证书打印在纸上并将证书邮寄到备案通信地址的方式颁发。取而代之的是，美国专利商标局根据署长的电子签名和用于验证注册的数字印章以电子方式签发注册证。美国专利商标局会将官方注册证书上传到商标状态和文件检索 (TSDR) 系统，并通过电子邮件向商标所有权人和所有记录的电子邮件地址发送一个链接，以便访问其证书，可随时免费查看、下载和打印完整的注册证书副本。

纸质副本

虽然美国专利商标局将不再自动发送纸质商标证书，但商标权人仍可以额外付费请求纸质副本。

展示副本

官费：25美元

展示副本适用于展示和装帧，是精装打印的注册页，带有金箔印章，登载商标所有权人信息和商标注册详情，该副本不属于商标注册的核证副本。

核证副本

官费：15美元

核证副本证明了商标的状态和名称，包含授权证明官员的签名，可以用于法律诉讼及其他国家商标的递交。

*以上信息翻译自美国专利商标局，
原官方信息地址：https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/laws/electronic-registration?utm_campaign=subscriptioncenter&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=

USPTO issuing electronic registration certificates

We transitioned to electronic registration certificates on May 24, 2022.

Trademark registration certificates are no longer issued by printing the registration certificate on paper and mailing the certificate to the correspondence address of record. Instead, the registration is issued electronically by the USPTO under electronic signature of the Director and with a digital seal in gold, which serves to authenticate the registration and ensure the documentation wasn’t modified. Clicking on the gold seal will display the signature properties and signer’s certificate information.

The USPTO uploads official registration certificates to the Trademark Status and Document Retrieval (TSDR) system and emails trademark owners and all email addresses of record a link to access their certificates upon issue. You can view, download, and print a complete copy of your registration certificate at any time and for no charge.

Request a copy of the registration

While the USPTO no longer sends paper registration certificates upon issue, you can order printed copies.

Presentation copy

Presentation are one-page paper copies of the registration that are suitable for display and framing. They feature a gold foil seal, identify the owners, display bibliographic data, and indicate the trademark and classes of goods or services, but do not list the goods and services. Presentation copies are not registration certificates or certified copies of the trademark registration.

Some trademark owners are eligible for one free presentation copy. Eligibility depends on what date you filed your initial application and what date your trademark registration issued. If you filed your initial application before May 24, 2022, then you may be eligible. Anyone who filed an initial application on or after May 24, 2022 must purchase a copy.

Presentation copies are only available for registrations that issued on or after August 13, 2013.

Application date Registration date Cost
Before May 24, 2022 On or after May 24, 2022 Free
Before May 24, 2022 August 13, 2013 – May 23, 2022 $25
On or after May 24, 2022 Future date $25

Receive a presentation copy

Use the Order Trademark Presentation Copy of Registration Certificate form in TEAS.

Certified copy

Trademark owners can still order a certified copy of their trademark registration for $15. Owners of registrations that issued before August 13, 2013 can only order a certified copy. This printed copy certifies the trademark’s status and title, and includes the signature of an authorized certifying officer. You can use this copy in connection with legal proceedings and some filings abroad. For more information about ordering certified copies of trademark registrations, visit the USPTO Certified Copy Center.

Why this change occurred

Over the years, many of our customers indicated that they would prefer to receive their trademark registration certificate in a digital format rather than as a paper certificate. In response to this feedback, we began issuing trademark registrations via electronic certificates to anyone whose trademark registers. This change makes certificates more accessible and decreases the time for customers to receive them, while simultaneously furthering the USPTO’s efforts to implement beginning-to-end electronic processing for trademark applications.

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