[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 37, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 37CFR2.44]

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              TITLE 37--PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, AND COPYRIGHTS
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                                COMMERCE
 
PART 2--RULES OF PRACTICE IN TRADEMARK CASES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 2.44  Collective mark.

    (a) In an application to register a collective mark under section 
1(a) of the Act, the application shall specify and contain all 
applicable elements required by the preceding sections for trademarks, 
but shall, in addition, specify the class of persons entitled to use the 
mark, indicating their relationship to the applicant, and the nature of 
the applicant's control over the use of the mark.
    (b) In an application to register a collective mark under section 
1(b) or 44 of the Act, the application shall specify and contain all 
applicable elements required by the preceding sections for trademarks, 
but shall, in addition, specify the class of persons intended to be 
entitled to use the mark, indicating what their relationship to the 
applicant will be, and the nature of the control applicant intends to 
exercise over the use of the mark.

[54 FR 37590, Sept. 11, 1989]