Trademark Law Updates | New Statutes, Regulations and Rules
August 17, 2007
Miscellaneous Changes to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Rules
PTO–T–2005–014, 37 CFR Part 2, RIN 0651–AB56, 8/1/2007
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) of the Department of Commerce has issued amendments to the Trademark Rules of Practice (trademark rules): (1) directing plaintiffs in Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) inter partes proceedings to serve on defendants their complaints or claims; (2) providing the use in TTAB inter partes proceedings a modified form of the disclosure practices included in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure; (3) directing the deletion of the option of making submissions to the TTAB in CD-ROM form; and (4) clarifying other rules of practice, and editing typographical or non-substantial errors or deviations from…
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