The USPTO has changed its policy of allowing Canadian practitioners granted limited recognition by the USPTO to represent Canadian clients (living or incorporated in Canada) on their own.  As of August 3, 2019, a U.S. attorney must be of record for a Canadian practitioner to represent an eligible Canadian person or company before the USPTO.  Using the USPTO’s e-signature system on TEAS, Canadian practitioners who have been granted limited recognition to practice before the USPTO by the Director of the Office of Enrollment (OED) may prepare documents for review by our attorneys, who can sign these documents for submission directly by the Canadian practitioner.  Our firm will charge the following for cases entirely managed by Canadian practitioners:
 

• 50% of our standard fees for trademark applications (filed using e-Sign method)*;
• Our standard hourly rates for time spent on office actions and responding thereto;
• 50% of our standard fees for Statements of Use (filed using e-Sign method)*;
• 50% of our standard fees for Post Registration submissions (filed using e-Sign method)*.

 
* Assumes one hour or less of attorney time; if attorney time exceeds 1 hour, a surcharge negotiated in good faith by the parties will be charged