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June 25, 2010
USPTO Expands Consistency Initiative
Continued and Expanded Consistency Initiative
No. ____, 6/23/2010
After assessing the Trademark Consistency Initiative Pilot Program, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO,” or “Office”) has decided to extend the program and make two significant changes. Under the initial Pilot, originally announced in September 2008, applicants could submit a Request for Consistency Review in certain circumstances where a substantive or procedural issue had been addressed in a significantly different manner in different cases owned by the applicant. The initial Pilot restricted Requests about inconsistencies with registrations to those registrations issued in the past year and excluded issues involving identifications of goods and services. The Office anticipates that the…
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