If you are a foreign company or foreign attorney used to directly filing U.S. trademark applications from overseas, be prepared for a big change on August 3. The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has announced that, effective as of August 3, 2019, all foreign-domiciled trademark applicants, registrants, and parties to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board proceedings must be represented by a U.S-licensed attorney.
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