Trademark Law Updates | New Statutes, Regulations and Rules
December 20, 2007
Amendments to Rules Implementing the Fastener Quality Act of 1999
Docket No. 070404076–7077–01, RIN 0693–AB57, 15 CFR Part 280, 6/4/2007
The Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), together with the Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), U.S. Department of Commerce, has issued these amended rules that put into effect the Fastener Quality Act of 1999. These implementing rules provide that “all documents submitted in connection with the recordal of fastener insignia must be mailed to a particular postal box maintained by the USPTO.” This final rule was supposed to take effect on June 4, 2007.
By way of a background, the Fastener Quality Act of 1999, Public Law 101–592 (as amended by Pub. L.…
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