Laws & Regulations
US Trademark Law: Rules of Practice & Federal Statute
Proposed Rules
Recent Final Rules
- Changes in Requirements for Signature of Documents, Recognition of Representatives, and Establishing and Changing the Correspondence Address in Trademark Cases [PDF] (26Oct2009)
- Summary of Changes in Requirements for Signature of Documents, Recognition of Representatives, and Establishing and Changing the Correspondence Address in Trademark Cases [Word] (26Oct2009)
- Summary of Miscellaneous Changes to Trademark Rules Effective January 16, 2009 (16Jan2009)
- Miscellaneous Changes to Trademark Rules of Practice [PDF] (17Nov2008)
- Changes in the Requirement for a Description of the Mark in Trademark Applications [PDF] (14Mar2008)
- Correspondence With the Madrid Processing Unit of the United States Patent and Trademark Office [PDF] (16April2007)
Trademark Federal Register Notices
Official Gazette Notices
The text of regular and special notices; compilation of the more important notices and rule changes published in the Official Gazette from July 1, 1964, through December 31, 1998 (currently in effect unless otherwise noted).
Highlighted Trademark Official Gazette Notices:
- Notice of Reformatted Trademark Registration Certificate (18Aug2009)
- New Mailing Address for Letters of Protest and Additional Instructions for Native American Tribal Insignia Notifications (14Jul2009) [Note: This notice includes mailing address and facsimile number information only. On September 13, 2009 an electronic form for submission of Letters of Protest was added to TEAS; please see TEAS Petition Forms, “9. Letters of Protest” for more information.]
Other Insignia
Fastener Quality Act (FQA)
Information relating to the Fastener Quality Act (FQA), including the regulations implementing FQA, the Fastener Insignia Registry of active recordals, the fillable PDF application form for recordal or renewal/reactivation of a recordal of an insignia on the Fastener Insignia Registry, and links to the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Bureau of Industry and Security.
Native American Tribal Insignia
Frequently Asked Questions about the database of Native American Tribal Insignia .
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