Part 2. PART 2—RULES OF PRACTICE IN TRADEMARK CASES

• § 2.1 - [Reserved]
• § 2.2 - Definitions.
• § 2.6 - Trademark fees.
• § 2.7 - Fastener recordal fees.

• Representation by Attorneys or Other Authorized Persons

  • SECTION § 2.11 - Requirement for representation.
  • SECTION §§ 2.12-2.16 - §[Reserved]
  • SECTION § 2.17 - Recognition for representation.
  • SECTION § 2.18 - Correspondence, with whom held.
  • SECTION § 2.19 - Revocation or withdrawal of attorney.

• Declarations

  • SECTION § 2.20 - Declarations in lieu of oaths.

• Application for Registration

  • SECTION § 2.21 - Requirements for receiving a filing date.
  • SECTION § 2.22 - Requirements for a TEAS Plus application.
  • SECTION § 2.23 - Requirement to correspond electronically with the Office and duty to monitor status.
  • SECTION § 2.24 - Designation and revocation of domestic representative by foreign applicant.
  • SECTION § 2.25 - Documents not returnable.
  • SECTION § 2.27 - Pending trademark application index; access to applications.

• The Written Application

  • SECTION § 2.31 - [Reserved]
  • SECTION § 2.32 - Requirements for a complete trademark or service mark application.
  • SECTION § 2.33 - Verified statement for a trademark or service mark.
  • SECTION § 2.34 - Bases for filing a trademark or service mark application.
  • SECTION § 2.35 - Adding, deleting, or substituting bases.
  • SECTION § 2.36 - Identification of prior registrations.
  • SECTION § 2.37 - Description of mark.
  • SECTION § 2.38 - Use by predecessor or by related companies.
  • SECTION § 2.39 - [Reserved]
  • SECTION § 2.41 - Proof of distinctiveness under section 2(f).
  • SECTION § 2.42 - Concurrent use.
  • SECTION § 2.43 - Service mark.
  • SECTION § 2.44 - Requirements for a complete collective mark application.
  • SECTION § 2.45 - Requirements for a complete certification mark application; restriction on certification mark application.
  • SECTION § 2.46 - Principal Register.
  • SECTION § 2.47 - Supplemental Register.
  • SECTION § 2.48 - Office does not issue duplicate registrations.

• Drawing

  • SECTION § 2.51 - Drawing required.
  • SECTION § 2.52 - Types of drawings and format for drawings.
  • SECTION § 2.53 - Requirements for drawings filed through the TEAS.
  • SECTION § 2.54 - Requirements for drawings submitted on paper.
  • SECTION § 2.56 - Specimens.
  • SECTION §§ 2.57-2.58 - §[Reserved]
  • SECTION § 2.59 - Filing substitute specimen(s).

• Examination of Application and Action by Applicants

  • SECTION § 2.61 - Action by examiner.
  • SECTION § 2.62 - Procedure for submitting response.
  • SECTION § 2.63 - Action after response.
  • SECTION § 2.64 - Reinstatement of applications and registrations abandoned, cancelled, or expired due to Office error.
  • SECTION § 2.65 - Abandonment.
  • SECTION § 2.66 - Revival of applications abandoned in full or in part due to unintentional delay.
  • SECTION § 2.67 - Suspension of action by the Patent and Trademark Office.
  • SECTION § 2.68 - Express abandonment (withdrawal) of application.
  • SECTION § 2.69 - Compliance with other laws.

• Amendment of Application

  • SECTION § 2.71 - Amendments to correct informalities.
  • SECTION § 2.72 - Amendments to description or drawing of the mark.
  • SECTION § 2.73 - Amendment to recite concurrent use.
  • SECTION § 2.74 - Form and signature of amendment.
  • SECTION § 2.75 - Amendment to change application to different register.
  • SECTION § 2.76 - Amendment to allege use.
  • SECTION § 2.77 - Amendments between notice of allowance and statement of use.

• Publication and Post Publication

  • SECTION § 2.80 - Publication for opposition.
  • SECTION § 2.81 - Post publication.
  • SECTION § 2.82 - Marks on Supplemental Register published only upon registration.
  • SECTION § 2.83 - Conflicting marks.
  • SECTION § 2.84 - Jurisdiction over published applications.

• Classification

  • SECTION § 2.85 - Classification schedules.
  • SECTION § 2.86 - Multiple-class applications.
  • SECTION § 2.87 - Dividing an application.

• Post Notice of Allowance

  • SECTION § 2.88 - Statement of use after notice of allowance.
  • SECTION § 2.89 - Extensions of time for filing a statement of use.

• Ex parte expungement and reexamination

  • SECTION § 2.91 - Petition for expungement or reexamination.
  • SECTION § 2.92 - Institution of ex parte expungement and reexamination proceedings.
  • SECTION § 2.93 - Expungement and reexamination procedures.
  • SECTION § 2.94 - Action after expungement or reexamination.
  • SECTION §§ 2.95-2.98 - §[Reserved]

• Concurrent use proceedings

  • SECTION § 2.99 - Application to register as concurrent user.

• Opposition

  • SECTION § 2.101 - Filing an opposition.
  • SECTION § 2.102 - Extension of time for filing an opposition.
  • SECTION § 2.103 - [Reserved]
  • SECTION § 2.104 - Contents of opposition.
  • SECTION § 2.105 - Notification to parties of opposition proceeding(s).
  • SECTION § 2.106 - Answer.
  • SECTION § 2.107 - Amendment of pleadings in an opposition proceeding.

• Cancellation Proceedings Before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board

  • SECTION § 2.111 - Filing petition for cancellation.
  • SECTION § 2.112 - Contents of petition for cancellation.
  • SECTION § 2.113 - Notification of cancellation proceeding.
  • SECTION § 2.114 - Answer.
  • SECTION § 2.115 - Amendment of pleadings in a cancellation proceeding.

• Procedure in Inter Partes Proceedings

  • SECTION § 2.131 - Remand after decision in inter partes proceeding.
  • SECTION § 2.132 - Involuntary dismissal for failure to take testimony.
  • SECTION § 2.133 - Amendment of application or registration during proceedings.
  • SECTION § 2.134 - Surrender or voluntary cancellation of registration.
  • SECTION § 2.135 - Abandonment of application or mark.
  • SECTION § 2.136 - Status of application or registration on termination of proceeding.
  • SECTION § 2.116 - Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
  • SECTION § 2.117 - Suspension of proceedings.
  • SECTION § 2.118 - Undelivered Office notices.
  • SECTION § 2.119 - Service and signing.
  • SECTION § 2.120 - Discovery.
  • SECTION § 2.121 - Assignment of times for taking testimony and presenting evidence.
  • SECTION § 2.122 - Matters in evidence.
  • SECTION § 2.123 - Trial testimony in inter partes cases.
  • SECTION § 2.124 - Depositions upon written questions.
  • SECTION § 2.125 - Filing and service of testimony.
  • SECTION § 2.126 - Form of submissions to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.
  • SECTION § 2.127 - Motions.
  • SECTION § 2.128 - Briefs at final hearing.
  • SECTION § 2.129 - Oral argument; reconsideration.
  • SECTION § 2.130 - New matter suggested by the trademark examining attorney.

• Appeals

  • SECTION § 2.141 - Ex parte appeals.
  • SECTION § 2.142 - Time and manner of ex parte appeals.
  • SECTION § 2.143 - [Reserved]
  • SECTION § 2.144 - Reconsideration of decision on ex parte appeal.
  • SECTION § 2.145 - Appeal to court and civil action.

• Petitions and Action by the Director

  • SECTION § 2.146 - Petitions to the Director.
  • SECTION § 2.147 - Petition to the Director to accept a paper submission.
  • SECTION § 2.148 - Director may suspend certain rules.
  • SECTION § 2.149 - Letters of protest against pending applications.

• Certificate

  • SECTION § 2.151 - Certificate.

• Publication of Marks Registered Under 1905 Act

  • SECTION § 2.153 - Publication requirements.
  • SECTION § 2.154 - Publication in Official Gazette.
  • SECTION § 2.155 - Notice of publication.
  • SECTION § 2.156 - Not subject to opposition; subject to cancellation.

• Reregistration of Marks Registered Under Prior Acts

  • SECTION § 2.158 - Reregistration of marks registered under Acts of 1881, 1905, and 1920.

• Cancellation for Failure To File Affidavit or Declaration

  • SECTION § 2.160 - Affidavit or declaration of continued use or excusable nonuse required to avoid cancellation of registration.
  • SECTION § 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.
  • SECTION § 2.162 - Notice to registrant.
  • SECTION § 2.163 - Acknowledgment of receipt of affidavit or declaration.
  • SECTION § 2.164 - Correcting deficiencies in affidavit or declaration.
  • SECTION § 2.165 - Petition to Director to review refusal.
  • SECTION § 2.166 - Affidavit of continued use or excusable nonuse combined with renewal application.

• Affidavit or Declaration Under Section 15

  • SECTION § 2.167 - Affidavit or declaration under section 15.
  • SECTION § 2.168 - Affidavit or declaration under section 15 combined with affidavit or declaration under sections 8 or 71, or with renewal application.

• Correction, Disclaimer, Surrender, Etc.

  • SECTION § 2.171 - New certificate on change of ownership.
  • SECTION § 2.172 - Surrender for cancellation.
  • SECTION § 2.173 - Amendment of registration.
  • SECTION § 2.174 - Correction of Office mistake.
  • SECTION § 2.175 - Correction of mistake by owner.
  • SECTION § 2.176 - Consideration of above matters.

• Court Orders under Section 37

  • SECTION § 2.177 - Action on court order under section 37.

• Term and Renewal

  • SECTION § 2.181 - Term of original registrations and renewals.
  • SECTION § 2.182 - Time for filing renewal application.
  • SECTION § 2.183 - Requirements for a complete renewal application.
  • SECTION § 2.184 - Refusal of renewal.
  • SECTION § 2.185 - Correcting deficiencies in renewal application.
  • SECTION § 2.186 - Petition to Director to review refusal of renewal.

• General Information and Correspondence in Trademark Cases

  • SECTION §§ 2.188 - §[Reserved]
  • SECTION § 2.189 - Requirement to provide domicile address.
  • SECTION § 2.190 - Addresses for trademark correspondence with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
  • SECTION § 2.191 - Action of the Office based on the written record.
  • SECTION § 2.192 - Business to be conducted with decorum and courtesy.
  • SECTION § 2.193 - Trademark correspondence and signature requirements.
  • SECTION § 2.194 - Identification of trademark application or registration.
  • SECTION § 2.195 - Filing date of trademark correspondence.
  • SECTION § 2.196 - Times for taking action: Expiration on Saturday, Sunday or Federal holiday.
  • SECTION § 2.197 - Certificate of mailing.
  • SECTION § 2.198 - Filing of correspondence by Priority Mail Express®.

• Trademark Records and Files of the Patent and Trademark Office

  • SECTION § 2.200 - Assignment records open to public inspection.
  • SECTION § 2.201 - Copies and certified copies.

• Fees and Payment of Money in Trademark Cases

  • SECTION § 2.206 - Trademark fees payable in advance.
  • SECTION § 2.207 - Methods of payment.
  • SECTION § 2.208 - Deposit accounts.
  • SECTION § 2.209 - Refunds.