Trademark Law Updates | New Proposed Legislation
September 18, 2007
To Amend Title 35, United States Code
H.R. 1778, 3/29/2007
This proposed legislation was introduced in the House of Representatives by Rep. Wiiliam D. Delahunt (Ma.), and co-sponsored by 17 others on March 29, 2007. As the title of the bill suggests, the bill the Director of the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is given the discretion to accept late filings in specific cases.
Particularly, under the bill, the Director of the USPTO is granted the authority to accept any application or other filing, such as with respect to the registration of a mark, made by an applicant for, or owner of, a patent or trademark after the lapse of…
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