Miscellaneous Changes to Trademark Rules of Practice
uspto-patent · US Patent and Trademark Office · Published 2008-11-17 · Effective 2009-01-16 · 73 FR 67759
Document
Document number
E8-27222
Federal Register citation
73 FR 67759
CFR reference
37 CFR 2
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
uspto-patent
Sub-agency
US Patent and Trademark Office
Publication date
2008-11-17
Effective date
2009-01-16
Commerce docket
Docket No. PTO-T-2005-0018
Abstract
The United States Patent and Trademark Office ("Office") is amending the Trademark Rules of Practice to clarify certain requirements for applications, intent to use documents, amendments to classification, requests to divide, and Post Registration practice; to modernize the language of the rules; and to make other miscellaneous changes. For the most part, the rule changes are intended to codify existing practice, as set forth in the Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure ("TMEP").