(a) Any request to renew an international registration and its extension of protection to the United States must be made at the International Bureau in accordance with Article 7 of the Madrid Protocol.
(b) A request to renew an international registration or extension of protection to the United States submitted through the Office will not be processed.
INDEX II_RULES RELATING TO TRADEMARKS
Editorial Note: This listing is provided for information purposes only. It is compiled and kept up-to-date by the Department of Commerce. This index is updated as of July 1, 2015.
Section
A Abandonment of application or mark:During inter partes proceeding.....................................2.135Express abandonment.................................................2.68For failure to respond or to respond completely to official action
2.65(a)For failure to timely file a statement of use....................2.65(c)Revival of abandoned application....................................2.66Acceptance of affidavit under sec. 8...............................2.163Access:To applications, and all proceedings relating thereto, after publication or registration......................................2.27(d)To applications prior to publication.............................2.27(b)To assignment records..............................................2.200To decisions of Director and the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
2.27(c)To materials filed under seal pursuant to a protective order....2.27(e);
2.126(c)To pending trademark application index...........................2.27(a)Acknowledgment of receipt of affidavit or declaration:Filed under sec. 8.................................................2.163Filed under sec. 71.................................................7.39Act, The, defined.................................................2.2(a)Action by assignee of record or owner......................3.71(d), 3.73Action by Examiner on application...................................2.61Adding party to an interference.....................................2.98Address for correspondence with U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
2.190Additional specimens:Bases for filing..........................................2.34(a)(1)(iv)Specimens........................................................2.56(a)Action by examiner...............................................2.61(b)Amendment to allege use.......................................2.76(b)(2)Application may include multiple clases..................2.86(a)(3), (b)Filing statement of use after notice of allowance.............2.88(b)(2)Requirements for a complete affidavit or declaration of continued use or excusable nonuse....................................2.161(g), (h)Amendment of registration...............................2.173(b)(3), (4)Requirements for a complete affidavit or declaration of use in commerce or excusable nonuse................................7.37(g), (h)Admissions, request for (discovery):Motion to determine sufficiency of response.....................2.120(h)Timing of.......................................................2.120(a)Use of admission................................................2.120(j)When to file copy of request with Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
2.120(j)(8)Advertising by attorneys and others, restricted...................11.702Affidavit or declaration:Claiming benefits of Act of 1946 under sec. 12(c)..................2.153 Combined secs. 8 and 15.........................................2.168(a)Combined secs. 9 and 15.........................................2.168(b)For incontestability under sec. 15.................................2.167Of use in commerce or excusable nonuse under sec. 8............2.160-166Of use in commerce or excusable nonuse under sec. 71...........7.36-7.40Reconsideration of, under sec. 8.............................2.163-2.165Reconsideration of, under sec. 71.............................7.39, 7.40To avoid cancellation of registration under sec. 8...........2.160-2.166To avoid cancellation of registration under sec. 71............7.36-7.40Agent. (See Attorneys and other representatives)Allegations in application or registration not evidence on behalf of applicant or registrant in inter partes proceeding........2.122(b)(2)Allowance, notice of.......................................2.81(b), 2.88Amendment of application:After final action...............................................2.64(b)After publication....................................2.35(b)(2), 2.84(b)Between notice of allowance and statement of use....................2.77Description or drawing of mark......................................2.72Form of amendment...................................................2.74Involved in inter partes proceedings...............................2.133To allege use.......................................................2.76To change to different register.....................................2.75To correct informalities............................................2.71To seek concurrent use registration.................................2.73Amendment of pleadings in inter partes proceedings:Cancellation.......................................................2.115Opposition.........................................................2.107Amendment of registration:During inter partes proceedings....................................2.133Requirements for, in general.......................................2.173Amendment to allege use.............................................2.76Amendments to description or drawing of mark after filing........2.72(b)Correction of deficiency in......................................2.76(g)Fee for filing.......................................................2.6Filed during final action response period........................2.64(c)Minimum requirements for filing..................................2.76(e)Requirements for.................................................2.76(b)Time for filing..................................................2.76(a)Withdrawal of....................................................2.76(h)Answer to pleadings in opposition and cancellation proceedings....2.106,
2.114Contents of answer..............................2.106(b)(1), 2.114(b)(1)Corresponds to answer in court proceeding.......................2.116(c)Counterclaim....................................2.106(b)(2), 2.114(b)(2)Failure to timely answer..............................2.106(a), 2.114(a)Answer to notice instituting concurrent use proceeding...........2.99(d)Failure to answer.............................................2.99(d)(3)Who needs to answer and when..................................2.99(d)(2)Appeal to Court and civil action...................................2.145Appeal to Court from decision of Director..........................2.145Appeal to Court from decision of Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
2.145Appeal to U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.........2.145(a)Civil action....................................................2.145(c)Extensions of time to appeal....................................2.145(e)Notice of appeal to Court....................................2.145(c)(4)Notice of appeal to U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
2.145(b)Notice of election by appellee to proceed by civil action after appeal to U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal circuit......2.145(c)(3) Time for appeal or civil action.................................2.145(d)Appeal to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board:Appropriate response to final refusal or second refusal on the same grounds..............................................2.64(a), 2.141Briefs on appeal................................................2.142(b)Compliance with requirements not on appeal......................2.142(c)Failure of appellant to file brief...........................2.142(b)(1)Introduction of new evidence after filing of appeal.............2.142(d)Oral hearing on appeal..........................................2.142(e)Reconsideration of decision on appeal..............................2.144Remand to Examiner re new issue prior to decision...............2.142(f)Reopening of examination of application after decision on appeal
2.142(g)Time and manner of filing appeal................................2.142(a)Applicant:Foreign.................................................2.24, 2.34(a)(3)May be represented by an attorney...................................2.11Name of...........................................2.21(a)(1), 2.32(a)(2)Signature and oath or declaration...................................2.33Application for registration...................................2.21-2.47Access to pending applications......................................2.27Amendment of. See Amendment of application.Basis for filing..............................................2.34, 2.35Certification mark..................................................2.45Collective mark.....................................................2.44Color claim in................................................2.52(b)(1)Concurrent use..........................................2.42, 2.73, 2.99Conflicting marks, co-pending applications for......................2.83Description of mark.................................................2.37Different classes may be combined...................................2.86Dividing of applications............................................2.87Drawing required....................................................2.51Extension of protection of international registration to United States.........................................................7.25-7.41Filing-date requirements............................................2.21Form of application............................................2.32-2.47For international registration. See International registration, application forMust be in English...............................................2.32(a)Principal Register..................................................2.46Priority claim based on foreign application.............2.34(a)(4), 7.27Prior registrations should be identified............................2.36Requirements for drawings......................................2.52-2.54Requirements for written application...........................2.32-2.34Service mark........................................................2.43Signature of...............................................2.32(b), 2.33Specimens filed with..........................................2.56, 2.59Supplemental Register...............................................2.47Verification of............................................2.32(b), 2.33Assignee:Certificate of registration may be issued to........................3.85New certificate of registration may be issued to...................2.171Not domiciled in U.S................................................3.61Right to take action when assignment is recorded or proof of assignment has been submitted..............................3.71(d), 3.73Assignment of registered marks or marks subject to pending applications..............................................3.1-3.85, 7.23Cover sheet required to record................................3.28, 3.31Effect of recording.................................................3.54Electronically filed requests to record...........3.25(c)(1), 3.31(a)(7) Extension of protection of international registration to U.S., assignment of.................................................7.22, 7.23Original documents should not be submitted for recordation.........3.25,
3.34(b)Recording fees......................................................3.41Recording in U.S. Patent and Trademark Office of assignments or other instruments relating to such marks............................3.11Recording of changes to International registrations or applications not applicable.........................................7.22Records open to public inspection...........................2.200, 2.201Requirements for recording...............................3.25-3.31, 3.41Assignment of trial dates in inter partes proceedings....2.120(a), 2.121Consolidated proceedings.....................................2.121(b)(2)Counterclaim.................................................2.121(b)(2)Discovery period................................................2.120(a)Extending, Rescheduling......................2.120(a), 2.121(a) (c), (d)Testimony periods..................................................2.121Trial order mailed with notice of institution...................2.120(a)Attorney conflict of interest............2.61(c), 11.107, 11.108, 11.111Attorneys and other representatives.............2.11, 2.17-2.19, 2.119(dAttorneys fees:Unavailable.....................................................2.127(f)Authentication of copies of assignment records...............2.200(a)(2)
B Basis for filing an application...............................2.34, 2.35Bona fide intention to use....................2.34(a)(2), 2.34(a)(3)(i),
2.34(a)(4)(B)(ii), 2.89(a)(3), 2.89(b)(3)Briefs:At final hearing in inter partes case..............................2.128Failure of appellant to file brief on appeal.................2.142(b)(1)Failure of inter partes plaintiff to file brief at final hearing
2.128(a)(3)Failure to file brief on inter partes motion....................2.127(a)On appeal to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board...................2.142(b)On motions in inter partes cases........................2.127(a), (e)(1)On petitions to Director...................................2.146(c), (e)Burden of proof in an interference..................................2.96Business with U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to be conducted with decorum and courtesy..........................................2.192Business with U.S. Patent and Trademark Office transacted in writing............................................................2.191
C Cancellation of registrations (See also International Registration, cancellation of):By cancellation proceeding; pleadings and procedure................2.111(See also Petition for Cancellation)By registrant...............................................2.134, 2.172For failure to file affidavit or declaration of use under sec. 8
2.160-2.166For failure to file affidavit or declaration of use under sec. 71
7.36-7.40During cancellation proceeding..................................2.134(b)Cases not specifically defined in rules, petition to the Director
2.146(a)(4)Certificate of correction of registration...................2.174, 2.175Certificate of mailing by first class mail.........................2.197Certificate of registration:As evidence in inter partes proceeding................2.122(b), (d), (e)Contents...........................................................2.151 In Registered extension of protection of international registration to United States.......................................7.28Issuance of new certificate to assignee............................2.171When and how issued....................................2.81, 2.82, 2.151Certificate of transmission........................................2.197Certification mark......................................2.45, 2.56(a)(5)Certification of international application..........................7.13Certified copies of registrations and records......................2.201Citizenship of applicant......................................2.32(a)(3)Civil action:From decision of Director.......................................2.145(c)From decision of Trademark Trial and Appeal Board...............2.145(c)Notice of election by appellee to proceed by civil action after appeal to U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit......2.145(c)(3)Notice to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of election to commence civil action for review of Board decision....................2.145(c)(4)Suspension of action in application pending outcome.................2.67Suspension of inter partes proceedings pending outcome.............2.117Time for commencing civil action from decision of Director or Trademark Trial and Appeal Board................................2.145(d)Waiver of right to proceed by civil action in ex parte case
2.145(c)(2)Civil Procedure, Federal Rules of, applied to inter partes proceedings...........................................2.116(a), 2.120(a)Claim of benefits of Act of 1946 for marks registered under prior Acts.........................................................2.153-2.156Classification of goods and services................................2.85Application limited to single class..............................2.86(a)Combined applications...............................................2.86Schedules of classes.............................................6.1-6.4Collective mark.........................................2.44, 2.56(a)(3)Color claim:In application for registration in United States..............2.52(b)(1)In application for international registration...........7.11(a)(4), 7.12Combined applications...............................................2.86Combined inter partes proceedings:Cancellation....................................................2.112(b)Opposition......................................................2.104(b)Commencement of cancellation....................................2.111(a)Commencement of opposition......................................2.101(a)Communication with attorney or other representative.................2.18Complaints against U.S. Patent and Trademark Office employees......2.192Compliance of applicant with other laws.............................2.69Compliance with discovery order of Trademark Trial and Appeal Board...........................................................2.120(g)Compulsory counterclaim...................2.106(b)(2)(i), 2.114(b)(2)(i)Concurrent use registration...................................2.42, 2.99Amendment to seek...................................................2.73Answer to notice of concurrent use proceeding, by whom and when
2.99(d)Application requirements............................................2.42Based upon court determination...................................2.99(f)Burden of proving entitlement to.................................2.99(e)Consideration and determination by Trademark Trial and Appeal Board..................................................2.99(h), 2.133(c)Examination by Examiner.....................................2.99(a), (b)Intent-to-use applications, when subject to................2.73. 2.99(g)Mark must first be published for opposition purposes.............2.99(b)Notice of concurrent use proceeding.........................2.99(c), (d) Registrations and applications to register on Supplemental Register and registrations under Act of 1920 not subject to......2.99(g)Request to divide application during concurrent use proceeding
2.87(c)(1)Conduct of practitioners...................................11.101-11.901Conference, pre-trial, in inter partes cases.................2.120(i)(2)Conference, telephone, in inter partes cases.................2.120(i)(1)Confidential matters.........................2.27(e), 2.125(e), 2,126(c)Conflict of interest, attorney...........2.61(c), 11.107, 11.108, 11.111Conflicting marks, co-pending applications for................2.83, 2.91Consent of applicant or authorized representative to withdrawal of opposition after answer.........................................2.106(c)Consent of opposer to abandonment of application or mark...........2.135Consent of petitioner to surrender or voluntary cancellation of registration.......................................................2.134Consent of registrant or authorized representative to withdrawal of cancellation after answer....................................2.114(c)Consolidated inter partes proceedings:Filing consolidated petition to cancel..........................2.112(b)Filing consolidated opposition..................................2.104(b)Times for filing briefs......................................2.128(a)(2)Times for taking testimony...................................2.121(b)(2)Constructive use, entry of judgment subject to establishment of in inter partes proceedings........................................2.129(d)Contested or inter partes cases............................2.116 et seq.Copies of registrations and records...........................2.6, 2.201Correction of informalities by amendment............................2.71Correction of mistake in certificate of registration:Mistake by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office........................2.174Mistake by registrant..............................................2.175Mistake in international registration...............................7.22Correspondence, addresses for.................................2.190, 7.4Correspondence, with whom held......................2.18, 2.24, 2.119(d)Counterclaim in opposition and cancellation.....2.106(b)(2), 2.114(b)(2)Court determination as basis for concurrent use registration.....2.99(f)Courtesy and decorum in dealing with U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.............................................................2.192Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, U.S., appeal to..........2.145
D Date of first use and first use in commerce:Amendment of.....................................................2.71(c)Required in amendment to allege use..................2.76(b)(1)(ii), (c)Required in statement of use.........................2.88(b)(1)(ii), (c)Required in use applications under sec. l(a)....2.34(a)(1)(ii) and (iii)Date of use allegation in application or registration not evidence on behalf of applicant or registrant in inter partes case....2.122(b)(2)Declaration in lieu of oath or verification.........................2.20Declaration of interference.........................................2.91Default judgment for failure to offer evidence in inter partes proceeding......................................................2.132(a)Delay in responding to official action..............................2.66Deposit accounts for paying fees...................................2.208Depositions, discovery, in inter partes cases:Domestic party..................................................2.120(b)Foreign party or representative.................................2.120(c)Motion to compel attendance.....................................2.120(e)Nonparty........................................................2.120(b) Time for taking.................................................2.120(a)Use of..........................................................2.120(j)When to file with Trademark Trial and Appeal Board...........2.120(j)(8)Depositions, discovery or trial testimony, upon written questions
2.124Depositions, trial testimony.......................................2.123Before whom taken...............................................2.123(d)Certification and filing........................................2.123(f)Corresponds to the trial in court proceedings...................2.116(e)Effect of errors and irregularities.............................2.123(j)Examination of witnesses........................................2.123(e)Filing and service of testimony transcript.........................2.125Form of depositions.............................................2.123(g)Inspection of depositions..............................2.27(d), 2.123(i)Manner of taking................................................2.123(a)Must be filed...................................................2.123(h)Notice of taking................................................2.123(c)Protective order relating to transcript or exhibits.............2.125(e)Raising of objections.................................2.123(e), (j), (k)Stipulations concerning.........................................2.123(b)Taken in foreign country.....................................2.123(a)(2)Timing.............................................................2.121Description of mark in application......................2.37, 2.52(b)(5)Amendment to........................................................2.72Designation of representative by foreign applicant, registrant, or party:Application.........................................................2.24Assignment..........................................................3.61In inter partes proceeding......................................2.119(d)Diligence, requirement for..........................2.66(a)(2), 2.146(i)Director of United States Patent and Trademark Office:May suspend certain rules................................2.146(a), 2.148Petition to........................................................2.146Disciplinary Proceedings....................................11.19 -11.62Disclaimer:During inter partes cases..........................................2.133In part, of registered mark........................................2.173Disclosures:Expert disclosures...........................................2.120(a)(2)Failure to make.................................................2.120(e)Filing with Board.......................................2.120(j)(5), (8)Initial disclosures.....................................2.120(a)(2), (3)Motion to compel................................................2.120(e)Protective order................................................2.120(f)Sanctions....................................................2.120(g)(2)Discovery depositions. See Depositions, discovery, in inter partes cases.Discovery procedure................................................2.120Automatic disclosure and discovery provisions of Federal Rules of Civil Procedure applicable......................................2.120(a)Discovery conference............................................2.120(a)Discovery deposition of domestic party..........................2.120(b)Discovery deposition of foreign party...........................2.120(c)Discovery provisions of Federal Rules of Civil Procedure apply except as otherwise provided....................................2.120(a)Failure to comply with discovery order of Trademark Trial and Appeal Board....................................................2.120(g)Interrogatories..............................................2.120(d)(1)Motion for order to compel discovery...............2.120(d)(1), 2.120(e)Motion for a protective order...................................2.120(f)Place of production of documents and things..................2.120(d)(2) Pre-trial conference.........................................2.120(i)(2)Proceeding suspended pending decision on motion to compel....2.120(e)(2)Request for admissions..........................................2.120(h)Sanctions for failure to comply with discovery order of Trademark Trial and Appeal Board..........................................2.120(g)Telephone conference.........................................2.120(i)(1)Time for discovery..............................................2.120(a)Use of discovery deposition, answer to interrogatory, or admission
2.120(j)When to file discovery materials with Trademark Trial and Appeal Board........................................................2.120(j)(8)Dismissal:For failure to file brief on appeal to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board........................................................2.142(b)(1)For failure to take testimony or offer other evidence in inter partes case........................................................2.132Distinctiveness under sec. 2(f), proof of...........................2.41Dividing an application.............................................2.87Dividing a registration.........................................2.171(b)Domestic representative of foreign applicant, registrant, or party:Application.........................................................2.24Assignment..........................................................3.61In inter partes proceeding......................................2.119(d)Domicile of applicant.........................................2.32(a)(3)Drawing........................................................2.51-2.54Amendment to mark in................................................2.72Color in......................................................2.52(b)(1)Drawings required...................................................2.51Electronically filed.......................................2.52(c), 2.53Paper...............................................................2.54Requirements for drawing.......................................2.52-2.54Standard character drawing.......................................2.52(a)Typed drawing. See Standard character drawingDuplicate registrations, Office does not issue......................2.48Duration of registration:Cancellation for failure to file affidavit or declaration of use under sec. 8.......................................................2.160Cancellation for failure to file affidavit or declaration of use under sec. 71.......................................................7.36Renewal................................................2.181-2.186, 7.41Term of original registrations and renewals........................2.181
E Electronic filing with Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.........2.126(b)Emergencies or interruptions in United States Postal Service....2.195(e)``Entity'', defined...............................................2.2(b)Entry of judgment, in inter partes proceeding, subject to establishment of constructive use...............................2.129(d)Evidence in ex parte appeal after notice of appeal..............2.142(d)Evidence in inter partes proceeding..........................2.122-2.125Affidavits, stipulated testimony, and stipulated facts..........2.123(b)Allegations of use and specimens in applications and registrations
2.122(b)(2)Discovery responses.............................................2.120(j)Exhibits attached to pleadings..................................2.122(c)Files of applications or registrations which are subject matter of proceeding...................................................2.122(b)(1)Official records................................................2.122(e)Printed publications............................................2.122(e) Registration owned by any party to proceeding................2.122(d)(2)Registration pleaded by opposer or petitioner................2.122(d)(1)Rules of evidence...............................................2.122(a)Testimony from other proceedings between parties................2.122(f)Testimony upon oral examination....................................2.123Testimony upon written questions...................................2.124Evidence of distinctiveness.........................................2.41Examination of applications.........................................2.61Examination of witnesses in inter partes proceeding.............2.123(e)Examiner's appearance at ex parte appeal oral hearing........2.142(e)(2)Examiner's brief on appeal......................................2.142(b)Examiner's jurisdiction over an application.........................2.84Exhibits attached to pleadings as evidence......................2.122(c)Forwarded to defendant by Trademark Trial and Appeal Board........2.105,
2.113Exhibits, testimony, filing and service of.........................2.125Ex parte appeal. (See Appeal to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board)Ex parte matter disclosed but not tried in inter partes case.......2.131Express abandonment of application or mark:During examination procedure........................................2.68During inter partes proceeding.....................................2.135``ExpressMail'' procedure for filing of papers and fees............2.198Express surrender or cancellation of registration:During inter partes proceeding.....................................2.134Requirements for...................................................2.172Extension of protection of international registration to United States.........................................................7.25-7.41Affidavit of continued use or excusable nonuse required after registration...................................................7.36-7.40Assignment of.......................................................7.23Basis for registration...............................2.34(a)(5), 2.35(a)Certificate of registration..................................2.151, 7.28Definitions of terms.................................................7.1Effect of cancellation or expiration of international registration
7.30Filing date.........................................................7.26Not registrable on Supplemental Register................2.47(c), 2.75(c)Part 2 rules applicable..........................................7.25(a)Part 3 rules do not apply...........................................7.22Priority claim......................................................7.27Renewal.............................................................7.41Registered extension of protection cannot be amended under Section 7 of the Act.....................................................7.25(a)Replacement of U.S. registration by...........................7.28, 7.29Trademark Rules of Practice applicable to...........................7.25Transformation to U.S. application.....................2.195(d)(5), 7.31Extension of time for discovery and testimony...2.120(a), 2.121(a), (c),
(d)Extension of time for filing opposition............................2.102Extension of time for filing statement of use.......................2.89Fee for filing request for...........................................2.6Good cause showing, when necessary.......................2.89(b)(4), (d)Request filed with statement of use..............................2.89(e)
F Facsimile transmission, certificate of.....................2.197, 7.4(e)Facsimile transmission of certain correspondence to U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.......................2.195(a)(3), (c), (d), 7.4(d)Facsimiles as specimens..........................................2.56(c)Failure by appellant to file brief on ex parte appeal........2.142(b)(1) Failure by Plaintiff to file brief at final hearing in inter partes proceeding............................................2.128(a)(3)Failure to answer opposition....................................2.106(a)Failure to answer petition for cancellation.....................2.114(a)Failure to comply with discovery order..........................2.120(g)Failure to comply with order relating to confidential testimony or exhibits........................................................2.125(e)Failure to file affidavit of use under sec. 8 or renewal application for registration in inter partes proceeding.........2.134(b)Failure to file brief on motion.................................2.127(a)Failure to offer evidence other than U.S. Patent and Trademark Office records..................................................2.132(b)Failure to respond to official action...............................2.65Failure to take testimony or offer other evidence...............2.132(a)Failure to timely file a statement of use........................2.88(h)Fax transmission, certificate of...................................2.197Fax transmission of certain correspondence to U.S. Patent and Trademark Office...................................2.195(a)(3), (c), (d)Federal Rules of Civil Procedure......................2.116(a), 2.122(a)Federal Rules of Evidence.......................................2.122(a)Fees and charges..............................2.6, 2.206-2.209, 7.6, 7.7For filing an application......................................2.6(a)(1)For TEAS Plus application.....................2.6(a)(1)(iii), 2.21, 2.22Payable to International Bureau......................................7.7Fees, insufficient amount submitted:For application...............................................2.21(a)(5)For petition for cancellation...................................2.111(c)For ex parte appeal.............................................2.141(b)For opposition..................................................2.101(d)For renewal application............................................2.183Fees, payment of..............................2.6, 2.206-2.207, 7.6, 7.7To International Bureau..............................................7.7Filing an amendment to allege use...................................2.76Filing an extension of protection under 66(a).................2.34(a)(5)Filing an opposition...............................................2.101Filing and service of trial testimony..............................2.125Filing date, effective, after amendment of sec. l(b) application to Supplemental Register.........................................2.75(b)Filing date of application....................................2.21, 7.26Filing of confidential papers........................2.125(e), 2.126-(c)Filing of papers electronically.................................2.126(b)Filing of papers and fees by Express Mail..........................2.198Filing petition for cancellation...................................2.111Filing requests for extensions of time for filing statement of use
2.89Filing statement of use after notice of allowance...................2.88Filing substitute specimens.........................................2.59Final refusal of application........................................2.64Filing amendment to allege use during final action response period
2.64(c)Reconsideration of...............................................2.64(a)Final hearing, briefs at (inter partes proceeding).................2.128Foreign applicant, registrant, or party, designation of domestic representative......................................2.24, 2.119(d), 3.61Foreign application, priority claim based on............2.34(a)(4), 7.27Foreign registration:Application based on, under sec. 44..................2.34(a)(3), 2.47(b)Copy of...................................................2.34(a)(3)(ii)Necessary before publication..............................2.34(a)(3)(ii) Form of amendment to application....................................2.74Form of submissions to TTAB........................................2.126
G General information and correspondence..................2.190-2.198, 7.4Goods and/or services identification of:Additions not permitted..........................................2.71(a)Amendment of.....................................................2.71(a)Amendment of, filed with statement of use........................2.88(i)In affidavit or declaration filed under sec. 8..................2.161(e)In affidavit or declaration filed under sec. 71..................7.37(e)In international application..................................7.11(a)(7)In written application........................................2.32(a)(6)Multiple goods or services comprised in single class or multiple classes..................................2.32(a)(6), 2.34(a)(1)(v), 2.86Required in amendment to allege use......................2.76(b)(1), (c)Required in request for extension of time to file statement of use
2.89(a)(3), (f)Required in statement of use........................2.88(b)(1), (c), (i)Good cause, showing necessary for extension of time to file statement of use.........................................2.89(b)(4), (d)
H Hearing, oral:At final hearing in inter partes proceeding........................2.129On appeal to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board...................2.142(e)On motion in inter partes proceedings...........................2.127(a)On petition to Director.........................................2.146(f)
I Identification of goods and/or services. (See Goods and/or services identification of)Identification of pending application or registered mark in correspondence.....................................................2.194Identification of prior registrations...............................2.36Incontestability of right to use mark:Affidavit under sec. 15............................................2.167Freedom from interference proceeding.............................2.91(b)Informalities, amendment to correct.................................2.71Intent-to-use applications under sec. 1(b):Abandonment for failure to timely file a statement of use........2.65(c)Amendment to allege use.............................................2.76Amendments between notice of allowance and statement of use.........2.77Basis for filing application........................................2.34Bona fide intention to use mark in commerce necessary......2.34(a)(2)(i)Certification mark..................................................2.45Collective mark.....................................................2.44Dividing............................................................2.87Drawing required...........................................2.32(c), 2.51Extensions of time for filing statement of use......................2.89Filing-date requirements............................................2.21Notice of allowance..............................................2.81(b)Requirements for written application....................2.32, 2.34(a)(2)Revival of application abandoned for failure to timely file a statement of use....................................................2.66Specimens filed with amendment to allege use or statement of use
2.56, 2.76, 2.88 Statement of use....................................................2.88When eligible for concurrent use.....................2.42, 2.73, 2.99(g)When eligible for amendment to Supplemental Register....2.47(d), 2.75(b)Interlocutory motions, inter partes proceeding.....................2.127Interference.......................................2.91-2.93, 2.96, 2.98Adding Party to interference........................................2.98Burden of proof.....................................................2.96Conflicting marks, co-pending applications for......................2.83Declaration of interference.........................................2.91Declared only on petition to Director............................2.91(a)Institution of interference.........................................2.93Issue...............................................................2.96Marks must otherwise be deemed registrable..........................2.92Notice of interference..............................................2.93Preliminary to interference.........................................2.92Registrations and applications on the Supplemental Register, registrations under the Act of 1920, and registrations of incontestable marks not subject to interference..................2.91(b)Request to divide application during interference.............2.87(c)(1)International application......................................7.11-7.14Address for mailing paper...............................2.190(a), 7.4(b)Cannot be filed by fax...............................2.195(d)(5), 7.4(d)Certificate of mailing or transmission does not apply.......2.197(a)(2),
7.4(e)Certification of....................................................7.13Claim of color in...................................................7.12Correspondence, receipt of...........................................7.4Definitions of terms.................................................7.1Fees for........................................................7.6, 7.7Hand delivery of..................................................7.4(c)Irregularities in........................................7.4(b)(2), 7.14Must be filed through TEAS or on International Bureau's form.....7.11(a)Must be in English...................................................7.3Requirements for....................................................7.11Subsequent designation..............................................7.21International Bureau.......7.1, 7.7, 7.11, 7.13, 7.14, 7.21, 7.22, 7.23,
7.24, 7.26, 7.27, 7.30, 7.31, 7.36, 7.41, 11.9Payment of fees to...................................................7.7International register, recording changes in. See also International registration.....................................7.22-7.24International registration......................................7.1-7.41Application for. See International application.Assignment of.......................................................7.23Cancellation of...............................................7.30, 7.31Correspondence must be in English....................................7.3Definitions of terms.................................................7.1Extension of protection to United States. See Extension of protection of international registration to United StatesPriority claim......................................................7.27Recording changes in...........................................7.22-7.24Renewal of..........................................................7.41Replacement...................................................7.28, 7.29Restriction on holder's right to dispose of.........................7.24Subsequent designation..............................................7.21Inter partes procedure.......................................2.116-2.136Inter partes proceedings......................................2.91-2.136Cancellation.................................................2.111-2.115Concurrent use......................................................2.99Failure of plaintiff to file brief at final hearing..........2.128(a)(3) Failure of plaintiff to take testimony.............................2.132Interference.......................................2.91-2.93, 2.96, 2.98Opposition...................................................2.101-2.107Procedure in.................................................2.116-2.136Interrogatories (discovery)........................................2.120Motion for an order to compel answer...............2.120(d)(1), 2.120(e)Numerical limit on...........................................2.120(d)(1)Timing of.......................................................2.120(a)Use of answers..................................................2.120(j)When to file copy of interrogatories and answers thereto with Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.............................2.120(j)(8)Interruptions or emergencies in United States Postal Service....2.195(e)Irregularities in application for international registration. (See International application, irregularities in)Issue date of the notice of allowance............................2.81(b)
J Judgment by default:Failure by plaintiff to file brief at final hearing..........2.128(a)(3)Failure to answer cancellation..................................2.114(a)Failure to answer notice of concurrent use proceeding.........2.99(d)(3)Failure to answer opposition....................................2.106(a)Failure to take testimony or offer other evidence..................2.132Judgment, entry of in inter partes proceeding subject to establishment of constructive use...............................2.129(d)Jurisdiction over published applications............................2.84Amendment after publication of mark..............................2.84(b)Amendment during inter partes proceeding...........................2.133Remand to Examiner by Trademark Trial and Appeal Board......2.130, 2.131
L Lawyers. (See Attorneys)Letter, separate for each distinct subject of inquiry...........2.193(h)Letters, address for mailing to U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
2.190
M Madrid Protocol. (See International registration, international application)Mailing, certificate of............................................2.197Mailing address for correspondence with U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.....................................................2.190, 7.4(b)Marks on Supplemental Register published only upon registration.....2.82Marks registered under 1905 Act. claiming benefits of 1946 Act
2.153-2.156Marks under sec. 12(c) not subject to opposition; subject to cancellation.......................................................2.156Matters in evidence in inter partes cases..........................2.122Mistake in registration incurred through fault of applicant........2.175Mistake in registration incurred through fault of U.S. Patent and Trademark Office...................................................2.174Money, payment of..................................2.206-2.209, 7.6, 7.7Motions in inter partes proceedings:Briefs on..........................................2.127(a), 2.127(e)(1)Contents........................................................2.127(a)Failure to respond to motion....................................2.127(a)For a protective order..........................................2.120(f)For judgment for failure to take testimony.........................2.132For summary judgment............................................2.127(e) Interlocutory motions and requests, who may act on..............2.127(c)Request for reconsideration of decision on motion...............2.127(b)Suspension pending determination of motion potentially dispositive of proceeding...................................................2.127(d)To add application to interference..................................2.98To compel discovery................................2.120(d)(1), 2.120(e)To determine sufficiency of answer or objection to request for admission.......................................................2.120(h)To extend discovery period......................................2.120(a)To extend times for taking testimony upon written questions
2.124(d)(2)To extend trial periods....................................2.121(a), (c)To suspend.........................................................2.117To take oral deposition abroad..................2.120(c)(1), 2.123(a)(2)To use testimony from another proceeding between parties........2.122(f)Unavailable remedies............................................2.127(f)Multiple class applications....................2.32(a)(6), 2.34(a)(1)(v)Dividing of.........................................................2.87Multiple goods or services comprised in single class or multiple classes.............................................................2.86Dividing of.........................................................2.87
N New certificate on change of ownership.............................2.171Notice by publication, undelivered Office notices..................2.118Notice of allowance..............................................2.81(b)Filing statement of use after.......................................2.88Issue date of....................................................2.81(b)Notice of appeal to court and civil action.........................2.145Notice of appeal to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board............2.142(a)Notice of concurrent use proceeding.........................2.99(c), (d)Notice of claim of benefits of 1946 Act......................2.153-2.156Notice of election by appellee to proceed by civil action after appeal to U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit......2.145(c)(3)Notice of interference..............................................2.93Notice of publication under sec. 12(c).............................2.155Notice of reliance on discovery.................................2.120(j)Notice of reliance on printed publications and official records
2.122(e)Notice to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of civil action...2.145(c)(4)Notice, where address of registrant in cancellation proceeding is unknown............................................................2.118Notification of acceptance of or deficiency in amendment to allege use.........................................................2.76(f), (g)Notification of acceptance of or deficiency in statement of use
2.88(f), (g)Notification of filing of petition for cancellation................2.113Notification of grant or denial of request for an extension of time to file a statement of use..................................2.89(g)Notification of opposition.........................................2.105
O Oath, declaration in lieu of........................................2.20Oaths, before whom and when made in testimonial deposition...2.123(e)(5)Official Gazette contents:Claim of benefits under sec. 12(c) for marks registered under 1905 Act................................................................2.154First filed of applications for conflicting marks...................2.83Marks on Principal Register published for opposition................2.80Marks on Supplemental Register published when registered............2.82 Official records, reliance on in inter partes proceeding........2.122(e)Omission of matter from response to Examiner's action............2.65(b)Opposition to registration of mark on Principal Register:....2.101-2.107Amendment of opposition............................................2.107Answer.............................................................2.106Commencement of opposition......................................2.101(a)Consolidated oppositions........................................2.104(b)Contents of opposition.............................................2.104Corresponds to complaint in a court proceeding..................2.116(c)Discovery..........................................................2.120Documents not returnable............................................2.25Extension of time for filing an opposition.........................2.102Failure to timely answer........................................2.106(a)Filing an opposition...............................................2.101Insufficient fees...............................................2.101(d)Notification of opposition.........................................2.105Procedure, inter partes......................................2.116-2.136Request to divide application during opposition...............2.87(c)(1)Suspension of proceedings..........................................2.117Time for filing opposition......................................2.101(c)Who may file opposition.........................................2.101(b)Withdrawal of opposition........................................2.106(c)Oral argument at final hearing in inter partes proceeding..........2.129Oral hearing:Ex parte appeal.................................................2.142(e)Inter partes proceedings.......................2.116(f), 2.127(a), 2.129On petition to Director.........................................2.146(f)Oral promise, stipulation, or understanding........................2.191Ownership, prior registrations, identification in application.......2.36
P Payment of money..............................2.6, 2.206-2.209, 7.6, 7.7Pending application index...........................................2.27Period for response to Office actions...............................2.62Personal appearance unnecessary....................................2.191Persons who may practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in trademark cases..........................................11.14Petition for cancellation....................................2.111-2.115Amendment of petition..............................................2.115Answer.............................................................2.114Commencement of cancellation proceeding.........................2.111(a)Contents of petition...............................................2.112Corresponds to complaint in a court proceeding..................2.116(c)Discovery..........................................................2.120Failure to timely answer........................................2.114(a)Filing petition for cancellation...................................2.111Insufficient fees...............................................2.111(c)Notification of cancellation proceeding............................2.113Procedure, inter partes......................................2.116-2.136Suspension of proceedings..........................................2.117Time for filing petition........................................2.111(b)Who may file petition...........................................2.111(b)Withdrawal of petition..........................................2.114(c)Petition for rehearing, reconsideration or modification of decision:Decision in inter partes proceeding.............................2.129(c)Decision on ex parte appeal........................................2.144Decision on interlocutory motion in inter partes proceeding.....2.127(b) Petition to revive abandoned application............................2.66Petition to the Director...........................................2.146Any case not specifically defined and provided for by rules
2.146(a)(4)Contents of petition............................................2.146(c)Delegation of authority to act on petitions.....................2.146(h)Diligence, requirement for......................................2.146(i)Extraordinary situation requiring suspension or waiver of requirement of rules.........................................2.146(a)(5)Fee........................................................2.6, 2.146(c)From denial of request for extension of time to file statement of use..............................................................2.89(g)From grant or denial of request for extension of time to oppose
2.146(e)(1)From interlocutory order of Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
2.146(e)(2)Invoke supervisory authority.................................2.146(a)(3)Oral hearing on petition........................................2.146(f)Reconsideration of decision on petition.........................2.146(j)Reconsideration of refusal to accept sec. 8 affidavit or declaration.....................................................2.165(b)Refusal of renewal of registration.................................2.186Relief from repeated formal requirement of Examiner.............2.63(b),
2.146(a)(1)Review of adverse action on correction, disclaimer, surrender, etc. of registration...............................................2.176Stays time in appeal, inter partes proceeding, or reply to Office action only when stay is specifically requested and granted.....2.146(g)Subject matter for petitions...............................2.146(a), (b)Time to file petition......................................2.146(d), (e)To accord filing date as of date of deposit as Express Mail........2.198Pleading, amendment of......................................2.107, 2.115Position of parties in inter partes proceedings...........2.96, 2.99(e),
2.116(b)Postal Service, United States, interruptions or emergencies in
2.195(e)Post notice of allowance......................................2.88, 2.89Post publication....................................................2.81Power of attorney or authorization of other representative....2.17, 2.19Practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, individuals entitled to........................................................11.14Predecessor in title or related company, use by.....................2.38Pre-trial conference, inter partes proceeding................2.120(i)(2)Principal Register..................................................2.46Amendment to or from Supplemental Register..........................2.75Printed publications, as evidence in inter partes proceedings...2.122(e)Prior acts, status of prior registrations..........................2.158Priority claim based on foreign application.............2.34(a)(4), 7.27Prior registrations, ownership, identification in application.......2.36Procedure in inter partes cases..............................2.116-2.136Production of documents and things, request for (discovery)........2.120Place of production..........................................2.120(d)(2)Motion for an order to compel production........................2.120(e)Timing of.......................................................2.120(a)Professional conduct of attorneys..........................11.101-11.901Proof of distinctiveness under sec. 2(f)............................2.41Proof of service................................................2.119(a)Protective order:Access to materials filed under..................................2.27(e)Form of filing materials under..................................2.126(c)Relating to discovery...........................................2.120(f)Relating to testimony...........................................2.125(e)Sanctions for violation...............................2.120(g), 2.125(e)Publication and post publication...............................2.80-2.84Publication in Official Gazette: Jurisdiction over published applications............................2.84Of claim of benefits under sec. 12(c) for marks registered under 1905 Act...........................................................2.154Of first filed of applications for conflicting marks................2.83Of mark on Principal Register for opposition after approval.........2.80Of marks on Supplemental Register when registered...................2.82Publication, notice by, undelivered Office notices to registrant in inter partes proceeding.........................................2.118
R Rebuttal testimony......................................2.121(b)(1), (c)Receipt of papers and fees..............................2.195-2.198, 7.4Recognition of attorneys or other authorized person..........2.17, 11.14Reconsideration:Of affidavit or declaration of use under sec. 8.......2.163(b), 2.165(a)Of decision after final hearing in inter partes proceeding......2.129(c)Of decision on ex parte appeal.....................................2.144Of decision on petition to Director.............................2.146(j)Of decision on petition to revive................................2.66(f)Of final action..................................................2.64(b)Of order or decision on interlocutory motion....................2.127(b)Records of documents in Assignment Services Division of U.S. Patent and Trademark Office....................................3.11-3.56Records and files of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office....2.27, 2.200Reexamination of application........................................2.63Reexamination of application after remand by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.....................................2.130, 2.131, 2.142Refund of money paid to U.S. Patent and Trademark Office...........2.209Refusal of affidavit or declaration of use under sec. 8............2.163Refusal of affidavit or declaration of use under sec. 71............7.39Refusal of registration.............................................2.61Refusal of renewal.................................................2.184Refusal of request for extension of time to file a statement of use..............................................................2.89(g)Registered extension of protection. (See Extension of protection of international registration to United States)Registrability of marks in plurality of classes (combined applications).......................................................2.86Registrant claiming benefits of 1946 Act.....................2.153-2.156Registration as evidence in inter partes proceeding:File of registration which is the subject of the proceeding
2.122(b)(1)Registration owned by any party to proceeding................2.122(d)(2)Registration pleaded by opposer or petitioner................2.122(d)(1)Registration records open to public inspection...................2.27(d)Registrations, printed copies available............................2.201Related company or predecessor, use by..............................2.38Remand to Examiner:After decision in inter partes case................................2.131During appeal from refusal of registration......................2.142(f)During inter partes case...........................................2.130Renewal of registration................................2.181-2.186, 7.41Application for renewal, requirements..............................2.183Failure to renew registration involved in inter partes proceeding
2.134(b)Of international registration.......................................7.41Period in which to file............................................2.182Refusal of renewal.................................................2.184Review of Examiner's refusal by Director...........................2.186Term of original registrations and renewals........................2.181 Replacement...................................................7.28, 7.29Reply briefs in inter partes proceedings........................2.127(a)Representation by attorney..........................................2.11Representation of others before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.......................................................2.11, 11.14Representative, domestic or U.S. (See Domestic representative)Representation, recognition for..............................2.17, 11.14Republication of marks registered under prior acts...........2.153-2.156Request for admissions (discovery). (See Admissions, request for)Request for Extension of protection of international registration to United States. (See Extension of protection of international registration to United States)Request for extension of time for discovery and testimony. (See Extension of time for discovery and testimony)Request for extension of time to file opposition. (See Extension of time for filing opposition)Request for extension of time to file statement of use. (See Extension of time to file statement of use)Request for information, exhibits, affidavits, declarations, and additional specimens by Examiner.................................2.61(b)Request for production (discovery). (See Production of documents and things, request for)Request for reconsideration. See Reconsideration.Request for records................................................2.201Request for registration......................................2.32(a)(1)Request to divide an application....................................2.87Request to divide a registration................................2.171(b)Requirements for receiving a filing date......................2.21, 7.26Requirements for written application...........................2.32-2.34Registration of marks registered under prior acts..................2.158Response to official action.........................................2.62Restriction on holder's right to dispose of international registration........................................................7.24Review by Director:For relief from repeated formal requirement by Examiner..........2.63(b)Of adverse action on correction, disclaimer, surrender, etc. of registration.......................................................2.176Of refusal of affidavit or declaration of use under sec. 8.........2.165Of refusal of affidavit or declaration of use under sec. 71.........7.40Of refusal of renewal application..................................2.186Petitions to the Director..........................................2.146Revival of abandoned applications...................................2.66Revocation of power of attorney.....................................2.19Rules of evidence in inter partes cases.........................2.122(a)Rules of practice in trademark cases:Suspension, petition to Director......................2.146(a)(5), 2.148Waiver, petition to Director..........................2.146(a)(5), 2.148
S Sanction for failure to comply with discovery order.............2.120(g)Sanction for failure to comply with protective order relating to testimony.......................................................2.125(e)Saturday, Sunday, or Federal holiday, time for taking action expiring on.................................................2.195, 2.196Schedule of classes of goods and services..................2.85, 6.1-6.4Schedule of time for discovery and trial periods.........2.120(a), 2.121Sec. 2(f), proof of distinctiveness.................................2.41 Sec. 8 affidavit or declaration of use.......................2.160-2.166Sec. 44, application based on:Amendment to change application to different register............2.75(a)Amendment to description or drawing in mark......................2.72(c)Basis for filing....................................................2.34Certification mark...............................................2.45(b)Collective mark..................................................2.44(b)Drawing required.................................................2.32(c)Filing-date requirements............................................2.21Goods or services identified may not exceed scope of those in foreign application or registration...........................2.32(a)(6)Priority claim................................................2.34(a)(4)Requirements for drawings......................................2.52-2.54Requirements for written application...........................2.32-2.34Supplemental Register............................................2.47(b)Sec. 71 affidavit or declaration of use........................7.36-7.40Service charge for filing renewal application during grace period
2.6, 2.185Services marks......................................................2.43Specimens or facsimiles..........................................2.56(c)Service of copies of testimony.....................................2.125Service and signing of papers......................................2.119Signature and certificate of attorney..............................11.18Signature of applicant..............................................2.33Signature of electronically-filed document......................2.193(c)Single certificate for one mark registered in a plurality of classes..........................................................2.86(c)Specimens.....................................................2.56, 2.59Electronically-filed.............................2.56(d)(4), 2.161(g)(3)Facsimiles in lieu of specimens..................................2.56(c)Not evidence on behalf of applicant or registrant in inter partes proceeding...................................................2.122(b)(2)Of service mark...............................................2.56(a)(2)Requirement of filing with affidavit or declaration of use under sec. 8..........................................................2.161(g)Requirement of filing with affidavit or declaration of use under sec. 71..........................................................7.37(g)Requirement of filing with amendment to allege use....2.76(b)(2), (e)(2)Requirement of filing with statement of use...........2.88(b)(2), (e)(2)Support of amendment to application...........................2.71, 2.72Support of amendment to registration...............................2.173Statement of use....................................................2.88Amendments to description or drawing of mark after filing.....2.72(b)(1)Amendments to dates of use after filing.......................2.71(c)(2)Extensions of time to file..........................................2.89Fee for filing.......................................................2.6May not be withdrawn.............................................2.88(g)Minimum requirements for filing..................................2.88(e)Requirements for.................................................2.88(b)Time for filing..................................................2.88(a)Status of application after ex parte appeal.....................2.142(g)Status of application on termination of inter partes proceedings
2.136Stipulated evidence, inter partes cases.........................2.123(b)Stipulation to extend discovery and/or trial periods.....2.120(a), 2.121Subsequent designation..............................................7.21Address for mailing paper............................., 2.190(a), 7.4(b)Cannot be filed by fax...............................2.195(d)(5), 7.4(d)Certificate of mailing or transmission does not apply.......2.197(a)(2),
7.4(e)Fees for.................................................7.7, 7.21(b)(8)Must be filed through TEAS or on International Bureau's form.....7.21(b) Substitute specimens, filing of.....................................2.59Summary judgments in inter partes proceedings................2.127(e)(1)Sunday, Saturday, or Federal holiday, time for taking action expiring on.................................................2.195, 2.196Supplemental Register:Amendment from Principal Register.......................2.47(c), 2.75(c)Application requirements............................................2.47Approval............................................................2.82Cancellation.......................................................2.111Certificate of registration.........................................2.82Intent-to-use applications, when eligible........................2.47(d)Marks published when registered.....................................2.82Marks in request for extension of protection of international registration not registrable on.........................2.47(c), 2.75(c)Surrender of certificate of registration...........................2.172During inter partes proceeding.....................................2.134Suspension of action in application by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office..............................................................2.67Suspension from practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
11.11; 11.25Suspension of later filed conflicting application...................2.83Suspension of inter partes proceedings by Trademark Trial and Appeal Board:For good cause upon motion or stipulation.......................2.117(c)Pending disposition of motion potentially dispositive of case...2.127(d)
Pending disposition of motion to compel.....................2.120(e)(2)Pending disposition of motion to test sufficiency of response to request for admission........................................2.120(h)(2)Pending termination of civil action or other Board proceeding...2.117(a)Suspension of rules, Director.........................2.146(a)(5), 2.148
T TEAS............2.2(f), 2.6(a)(1)(ii), 2.52(c), 2.56(d)(4), 2.161(g)(3),
2.193(a)(2)Application filing fee.........................................2.6(a)(1)Definition of.....................................................2.2(f)
Drawing...................................................2.52(c), 2.53Signature..........................................................2.193
Specimen........................................2.56(d)(4), 2.161(g)(3)TEAS Plus.....................................2.6(a)(1)(iii), 2.22, 2.23Term of original registrations and renewals........................2.181Testimony in inter partes cases:Assignment and resetting of times..................................2.121By oral examination................................................2.123By written questions...............................................2.124Failure to take....................................................2.132Filing and service of testimony................2.123(f), 2.124(f), 2.125Arrangement, indexing, and form of transcript...2.123(g); 2.125 (b), (d)Corrections to........................................2.124(f), 2.125(b)Deposition must be filed........................................2.123(h)Filing in U.S. Patent and Trademark Office...........2.123(f), 2.124(f),
2.125(c)Inspection of deposition........................................2.123(i)Service on adverse party..............................2.124(f), 2.125(a)From another proceeding.........................................2.122(f)In foreign countries.........................................2.123(a)(2)Objections to.........................2.123 (e), (j), (k); 2.124(d), (g)Stipulated testimony............................................2.123(b)Time:For amendment.......................................................2.62For ex parte appeal.............................................2.142(a) For filing affidavit or declaration to avoid cancellation......2.160(a),
7.36(b)For filing amendment to allege use...............................2.76(a)For filing appeal to court or civil action......................2.145(d)For filing briefs in inter partes proceedings......................2.127For filing extension of time to oppose.............................2.102For filing opposition...........................................2.101(c)For filing petition for cancellation....................2.111(b), (c)(3)For filing request for extension of time to file statement of use
2.89For filing request to divide application.........................2.87(c)For filing statement of use......................................2.88(a)For response to U.S. Patent and Trademark Office action.............2.62For taking discovery............................................2.120(a)For taking testimony...............................................2.121Transformation.............2.195(d)(5), 2.197(a)(2)(ii), 7.4(b)(2), 7.31Translation of assignment...........................................3.26Transmission, certificate of.......................................2.197
U Undelivered Office notices, to registrant..........................2.118Unprofessional conduct, attorneys..........................11.101-11.901Unprovided for and extraordinary circumstances, petition to Director................................................2.146(a)(4), (5)U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, appeal to...........2.145Use:Allegation of use in commerce...........................2.34, 2.76, 2.88Amendment to allege use in commerce.................................2.76Bona fide intention to use in commerce........................2.34, 2.89By predecessor or by related companies..............................2.38Dates of first use and first use in commerce....2.34(a)(1)(ii) and (iii)Statement of use....................................................2.88Use of discovery................................................2.120(j)
V Verification:Declaration in lieu of oath or verification.........................2.20In support of amendments to descriptions or drawings of the mark
2.72In support of amendments to dates of use.........................2.71(c)In support of request for extension of time to file statement of use.................................................................2.89Of application......................................................2.33Of electronically-filed document...................................2.193Required with amendment to allege use.................2.76(b)(1), (e)(3)Required with statement of use........................2.88(b)(1), (e)(3)Required with substitute specimens..................................2.59
W Waiver of rule, petition to Director..................2.146(a)(5), 2.148Willful false statements.declaration................................2.20Withdrawal from employment, practitioners...................2.19, 11.116Withdrawal of amendment to allege use............................2.76(h)Withdrawal of application...........................................2.68Involved in inter partes proceeding................................2.135Withdrawal of opposition with or without consent................2.106(c)Withdrawal of cancellation with or without consent..............2.114(c)Withdrawal of registration by voluntary surrender by registrant: Involved in cancellation proceeding................................2.134Requirements for...................................................2.172Withdrawal of statement of use prohibited........................2.88(g)Witnesses:Discovery deposition.......................................2.120(b), (c)Examination by oral deposition (Testimony).........................2.123Examination by written questions...................................2.124Foreign............................................2.120(c), 2.123(a)(2)Written application............................................2.32-2.47 PRACTICE BEFORE THE PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE--Table of Contents