other · US Patent and Trademark Office · Published 2015-12-24 · Effective 2016-01-01 · 80 FR 80266
Document
Document number
2015-32467
Federal Register citation
80 FR 80266
CFR reference
37 CFR 6
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
other
Sub-agency
US Patent and Trademark Office
Publication date
2015-12-24
Effective date
2016-01-01
Commerce docket
Docket No. PTO-T-2015-0077
Abstract
The United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") issues a final rule to incorporate classification changes adopted by the Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks (Nice Agreement). These changes are effective January 1, 2016, and are listed in the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks (10th ed., ver. 2016), which is published by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). In addition, the USPTO is making a change that appeared in an earlier revision of the Nice Agreement and minor revisions to punctuation and grammar to conform to what appears in the Nice Agreement.