Flooded by ever-increasing numbers of applications -- with their accompanying stacks of paper files that can take several months to examine -- the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is eyeing a one-stop, online system for processing trademark examinations. The process would be faster -- examinations would be completed in an estimated 30 days. But the high-tech program, tentatively dubbed the "e-commerce law office," could face resistance from PTO employees and IP lawyers.
December 17, 1999 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Flooded by ever-increasing numbers of applications — with their accompanying stacks of paper files — the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is eyeing a one-stop, online system for processing trademark examinations.
But the high-tech program, tentatively dubbed the “e-commerce law office,” could face resistance from PTO employees and IP lawyers, sources said.
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