MEDIA ADVISORY Contact: Kim Byars 703-305-8341 kim.byars@uspto.gov April 22, 2002 #02-27 Commissioner for Trademarks to Host Trademark E-Commerce Seminar Tuesday, April 23, 2002 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Cleveland Public Library Louis Stokes Wing Auditorium 325 Superior Avenue Cleveland, OH The Commerce Department's U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Commissioner for Trademarks, Anne H. Chasser, will host a training seminar, featuring a demonstration of the agency's award-winning Trademark Electronic Filing System (TEAS) for prospective users and offering "nuts-and-bolts" perspectives from trademark applicants who have used the system. Electronic government is a cornerstone of the President's Management Agenda. Approximately 31% of USPTO's trademark applicants currently use USPTO's faster, more efficient electronic filing system. The seminar is intended to increase the number of trademark filers using the system. # # #