37 CFR Part 2 — Rules of Practice in Trademark Cases
- § 2.2— Definitions.
- § 2.6— Trademark fees.
- § 2.11— Requirement for representation.
- § 2.17— Recognition for representation.
- § 2.18— Correspondence, with whom held.
- § 2.19— Revocation or withdrawal of attorney.
- § 2.20— Declarations in lieu of oaths.
- § 2.21— Requirements for receiving a filing date.
- § 2.22— Requirements for a base application.
- § 2.23— Requirement to correspond electronically with the Office and duty to monitor status.
- § 2.24— Designation and revocation of domestic representative by foreign applicant.
- § 2.25— Documents not returnable.
- § 2.27— Pending trademark application index; access to applications.
- § 2.32— Requirements for a complete trademark or service mark application.
- § 2.33— Verified statement for a trademark or service mark.
- § 2.34— Bases for filing a trademark or service mark application.
- § 2.35— Adding, deleting, or substituting bases.
- § 2.36— Identification of prior registrations.
- § 2.37— Description of mark.
- § 2.38— Use by predecessor or by related companies.
- § 2.41— Proof of distinctiveness under section 2(f).
- § 2.42— Concurrent use.
- § 2.43— Service mark.
- § 2.44— Requirements for a complete collective mark application.
- § 2.45— Requirements for a complete certification mark application; restriction on certification mark application.
- § 2.46— Principal Register.
- § 2.47— Supplemental Register.
- § 2.48— Office does not issue duplicate registrations.
- § 2.51— Drawing required.
- § 2.52— Types of drawings and format for drawings.
- § 2.53— Requirements for drawings filed through the TEAS.
- § 2.54— Requirements for drawings submitted on paper.
- § 2.56— Specimens.
- § 2.59— Filing substitute specimen(s).
- § 2.61— Action by examiner.
- § 2.62— Procedure for submitting response.
- § 2.63— Action after response.
- § 2.64— Reinstatement of applications and registrations abandoned, cancelled, or expired due to Office error.
- § 2.65— Abandonment.
- § 2.66— Revival of applications abandoned in full or in part due to unintentional delay.
- § 2.67— Suspension of action by the Patent and Trademark Office.
- § 2.68— Express abandonment (withdrawal) of application.
- § 2.69— Compliance with other laws.
- § 2.71— Amendments to correct informalities.
- § 2.72— Amendments to description or drawing of the mark.
- § 2.73— Amendment to recite concurrent use.
- § 2.74— Form and signature of amendment.
- § 2.75— Amendment to change application to different register.
- § 2.76— Amendment to allege use.
- § 2.77— Amendments between notice of allowance and statement of use.
- § 2.80— Publication for opposition.
- § 2.81— Post publication.
- § 2.82— Marks on Supplemental Register published only upon registration.
- § 2.83— Conflicting marks.
- § 2.84— Jurisdiction over published applications.
- § 2.85— Classification schedules.
- § 2.86— Multiple-class applications.
- § 2.87— Dividing an application.
- § 2.88— Statement of use after notice of allowance.
- § 2.89— Extensions of time for filing a statement of use.
- § 2.91— Petition for expungement or reexamination.
- § 2.92— Institution of ex parte expungement and reexamination proceedings.
- § 2.93— Expungement and reexamination procedures.
- § 2.94— Action after expungement or reexamination.
- § 2.99— Application to register as concurrent user.
- § 2.101— Filing an opposition.
- § 2.102— Extension of time for filing an opposition.
- § 2.104— Contents of opposition.
- § 2.105— Notification to parties of opposition proceeding(s).
- § 2.106— Answer.
- § 2.107— Amendment of pleadings in an opposition proceeding.
- § 2.111— Filing petition for cancellation.
- § 2.112— Contents of petition for cancellation.
- § 2.113— Notification of cancellation proceeding.
- § 2.114— Answer.
- § 2.115— Amendment of pleadings in a cancellation proceeding.
- § 2.116— Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
- § 2.117— Suspension of proceedings.
- § 2.118— Undelivered Office notices.
- § 2.119— Service and signing.
- § 2.120— Discovery.
- § 2.121— Assignment of times for taking testimony and presenting evidence.
- § 2.122— Matters in evidence.
- § 2.123— Trial testimony in <em>inter partes</em> cases.
- § 2.124— Depositions upon written questions.
- § 2.125— Filing and service of testimony.
- § 2.126— Form of submissions to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.
- § 2.127— Motions.
- § 2.128— Briefs at final hearing.
- § 2.129— Oral argument; reconsideration.
- § 2.130— New matter suggested by the trademark examining attorney.
- § 2.131— Remand after decision in <em>inter partes</em> proceeding.
- § 2.132— Involuntary dismissal for failure to take testimony.
- § 2.133— Amendment of application or registration during proceedings.
- § 2.134— Surrender or voluntary cancellation of registration.
- § 2.135— Abandonment of application or mark.
- § 2.136— Status of application or registration on termination of proceeding.
- § 2.141— Ex parte appeals.
- § 2.142— Time and manner of <em>ex parte</em> appeals.
- § 2.144— Reconsideration of decision on <em>ex parte</em> appeal.
- § 2.145— Appeal to court and civil action.
- § 2.146— Petitions to the Director.
- § 2.147— Petition to the Director to accept a paper submission.
- § 2.148— Director may suspend certain rules.
- § 2.149— Letters of protest against pending applications.
- § 2.151— Certificate.
- § 2.153— Publication requirements.
- § 2.154— Publication in <em>Official Gazette.</em>
- § 2.155— Notice of publication.
- § 2.156— Not subject to opposition; subject to cancellation.
- § 2.158— Reregistration of marks registered under Acts of 1881, 1905, and 1920.
- § 2.160— Affidavit or declaration of continued use or excusable nonuse required to avoid cancellation of registration.
- § 2.161— Requirements for a complete affidavit or declaration of use in commerce or excusable nonuse; requirement for the submission of additional information, exhibits, affidavits or declarations, and specimens; and fee for deletions of goods, services, and/or classes from a registration.
- § 2.162— Notice to registrant.
- § 2.163— Acknowledgment of receipt of affidavit or declaration.
- § 2.164— Correcting deficiencies in affidavit or declaration.
- § 2.165— Petition to Director to review refusal.
- § 2.166— Affidavit of continued use or excusable nonuse combined with renewal application.
- § 2.167— Affidavit or declaration under section 15.
- § 2.168— Affidavit or declaration under section 15 combined with affidavit or declaration under sections 8 or 71, or with renewal application.
- § 2.171— New certificate on change of ownership.
- § 2.172— Surrender for cancellation.
- § 2.173— Amendment of registration.
- § 2.174— Correction of Office mistake.
- § 2.175— Correction of mistake by owner.
- § 2.176— Consideration of above matters.
- § 2.177— Action on court order under section 37.
- § 2.181— Term of original registrations and renewals.
- § 2.182— Time for filing renewal application.
- § 2.183— Requirements for a complete renewal application.
- § 2.184— Refusal of renewal.
- § 2.185— Correcting deficiencies in renewal application.
- § 2.186— Petition to Director to review refusal of renewal.
- § 2.189— Requirement to provide domicile address.
- § 2.190— Addresses for trademark correspondence with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
- § 2.191— Action of the Office based on the written record.
- § 2.192— Business to be conducted with decorum and courtesy.
- § 2.193— Trademark correspondence and signature requirements.
- § 2.194— Identification of trademark application or registration.
- § 2.195— Filing date of trademark correspondence.
- § 2.196— Times for taking action: Expiration on Saturday, Sunday or Federal holiday.
- § 2.197— Certificate of mailing.
- § 2.198— Filing of correspondence by Priority Mail Express®.
- § 2.200— Assignment records open to public inspection.
- § 2.201— Copies and certified copies.
- § 2.206— Trademark fees payable in advance.
- § 2.207— Methods of payment.
- § 2.208— Deposit accounts.
- § 2.209— Refunds.