[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: 37CFR6.4] [Page 333-353] TITLE 37--PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, AND COPYRIGHTS CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PART 6--CLASSIFICATION OF GOODS AND SERVICES UNDER THE TRADEMARK ACT-- Table of Contents Sec. 6.4 Schedule for collective membership marks. All collective membership marks are classified as follows: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Class Title ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 200 Collective Membership. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [24 FR 10383, Dec. 22, 1959. Redesignated at 38 FR 14681, June 4, 1973] PART 7 [RESERVED] [[Page 335]] INDEX II--RULES RELATING TO TRADEMARKS Editorial Note: This listing is provided for information purposes only. It is compiled and kept up-to-date by the Department of Commerce. This index is updated as of July 1, 2003. Section A Abandonment of application or mark: Drawing of abandoned application used in new application............2.26 During inter partes proceeding.....................................2.135 Express abandonment.................................................2.68 For failure to respond or to respond completely to official action 2.65(a) For failure to timely file a statement of use....................2.65(c) Opportunity to explain incomplete response.......................2.65(b) Petition to Director may avoid abandonment..............2.63(b), 2.65(a) Revival of abandoned application....................................2.66 Acceptance of affidavit under sec. 8...............................2.163 Access: To applications, and all proceedings relating thereto, after publication or registration......................................2.27(d) To applications prior to publication.............................2.27(b) To assignment records...............................................1.12 To decisions of Director and the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board 2.27(c) To materials filed under seal pursuant to a protective order.....2.27(e) To pending trademark application index...........................2.27(a) Acknowledgment of receipt of affidavit or declaration: Filed under sec. 8.................................................2.163 Act, The, defined.................................................2.2(a) Action by assignee of record or owner.........................3.71, 3.73 Action by Examiner on application...................................2.61 Adding party to an interference.....................................2.98 Address for correspondence with U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 1.1 Admissions, request for (discovery): Motion to determine sufficiency of response.....................2.120(h) Timing of.......................................................2.120(a) Use of admission................................................2.120(j) When to file copy of request with Trademark Trial and Appeal Board 2.120(j)(8) Advertising by attorneys and others, restricted....................10.32 Affidavit or declaration: Claiming benefits of Act of 1946 under sec. 12(c)..................2.153 Combined secs. 8 and 15.........................................2.168(a) For incontestability under sec. 15.................................2.167 Of use in commerce or excusable nonuse under sec. 8............2.160-166 Reconsideration of, under sec. 8.........................2.163(b), 2.165 To avoid cancellation of registration under sec. 8...........2.160-2.161 Agent. See Attorneys and other representatives. Allegations in application or registration not evidence on behalf of applicant or registrant in inter partes proceeding........2.122(b)(2) Allowance, notice of.......................................2.81(b), 2.88 Amendment of application: [[Page 336]] After final action...............................................2.64(b) After publication.......................................2.35(b), 2.84(b) Between notice of allowance and statement of use....................2.77 Description or drawing of mark......................................2.72 Form of amendment...................................................2.74 Involved in inter partes proceedings...............................2.133 To allege use.......................................................2.76 To change to different register.....................................2.75 To correct informalities............................................2.71 To seek concurrent use registration.................................2.73 Amendment of pleadings in Inter partes proceedings: Cancellation.......................................................2.115 Opposition.........................................................2.107 Amendment of registration: During inter partes proceedings....................................2.133 Requirements for, in general.......................................2.173 Amendment to allege use.............................................2.76 Amendments to description or drawing of mark after filing.....2.72(b)(1) Correction of deficiency in......................................2.76(g) Fee for filing.......................................................2.6 Filed during final action response period........................2.64(c) Minimum requirements for filing..................................2.76(e) Requirements for.................................................2.76(b) Time for filing..................................................2.76(a) Withdrawal of....................................................2.76(h) Answer to pleadings in opposition and cancellation proceedings....2.106, 2.114 Contents of answer..............................2.106(b)(1), 2.114(b)(1) Corresponds to answer in court proceeding.......................2.116(c) Counterclaim....................................2.106(b)(2), 2.114(b)(2) Failure to timely answer..............................2.106(a), 2.114(a) Answer to notice instituting concurrent use proceeding...........2.99(d) Failure to answer.............................................2.99(d)(3) Who needs to answer and when..................................2.99(d)(2) Appeal to Court and civil action...................................2.145 Appeal to Court from decision of Director..........................2.145 Appeal to Court from decision of Trademark Trial and Appeal Board 2.145 Appeal to U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.........2.145(a) Civil action....................................................2.145(c) Extensions of time to appeal....................................2.145(e) Notice of appeal to Court....................................2.145(c)(4) Notice of appeal to U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit 2.145(b) Notice of election by appellee to proceed by civil action after appeal to U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal circuit......2.145(c)(3) Time for appeal or civil action.................................2.145(d) Appeal to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board: Appropriate response to final refusal or second refusal on the same grounds...............................................2.64(a) 2.141 Briefs on appeal................................................2.142(b) Compliance with requirements not on appeal......................2.142(c) Failure of appellant to file brief...........................2.142(b)(1) In multiple class applications.....................................2.141 Introduction of new evidence after filing of appeal.............2.142(d) Oral hearing on appeal..........................................2.142(e) Reconsideration of decision on appeal..............................2.144 Remand to Examiner re new issue prior to decision...............2.142(f) Reopening of examination of application after decision on appeal 2.142(g) [[Page 337]] Time and manner of filing appeal................................2.142(a) Applicant: Foreign.........................................2.24, 2.34(a)(3) and (4) May be represented by an attorney...................................2.11 Name of....................................................2.21, 2.32(c) Signature and oath or declaration...................................2.33 Application for registration...................................2.21-2.47 Access to pending applications......................................2.27 Amendment of. See Amendment of application. Authorization for representation; U.S. representative...............2.37 Basis for filing..............................................2.34, 2.35 Certification mark..................................................2.45 Collective mark.....................................................2.44 Concurrent use..........................................2.42, 2.73, 2.99 Conflicting marks, co-pending applications for......................2.83 Description of mark.................................................2.37 Different classes may be combined...................................2.86 Dividing of applications............................................2.87 Drawing required....................................................2.51 Filing-date requirements............................................2.21 Form of application............................................2.32-2.47 Must be in English...............................................2.32(a) Must be signed.............................................2.32(b), 2.33 Principal Register..................................................2.46 Priority claim based on foreign application...................2.34(a)(4) Prior registrations should be identified............................2.36 Requirements for drawings...........................................2.52 Requirements for written application..........................2.32, 2.34 Service mark........................................................2.43 Specimens filed with..........................................2.56, 2.59 Supplemental Register...............................................2.47 Assignee: Certificate of registration may be issued to........................3.85 New certificate of registration may be issued to...................2.171 Not domiciled in U.S................................................3.61 Right to take action when assignment is recorded or proof of assignment has been submitted.................................3.71, 3.73 Assignment of registered marks or marks subject to pending applications....................................................3.1-3.85 Effect of recording.................................................3.54 Recording in U.S. Patent and Trademark Office of assignments or other instruments relating to such marks............................3.11 Records open to public inspection...................................1.12 Requirements for recording...............................3.25-3.31, 3.41 Assignment of trial dates in inter partes proceedings....2.120(a), 2.121 Consolidated proceedings.....................................2.121(b)(2) Counterclaim.................................................2.121(b)(2) Discovery period................................................2.120(a) Extending, Rescheduling..................2.120(a), 2.121(a)(1), (c), (d) Testimony periods..................................................2.121 Trial order mailed with notice of institution...................2.120(a) Attorney conflict of interest.......................2.61(c), 10.61-10.68 Attorneys and other representatives...........2.11, 2.17-2.19, 2.119(d), 10.1-10.170 Authentication of copies of registrations and records............1.13(b) B Basis for filing an application...............................2.34, 2.35 [[Page 338]] Bona fide intention to use.................2.34(a)(2)(i), 2.34(a)(3)(i), 2.34(a)(4)(i), 2.89(a)(3), (b)(3), (d)(1) Briefs: At final hearing in inter partes case..............................2.128 Failure of appellant to file brief on appeal.................2.142(b)(1) Failure of inter partes plaintiff to file brief at final hearing 2.128(a)(3) Failure to file brief on inter partes motion....................2.127(a) On appeal to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board...................2.142(b) On motions in inter partes cases........................2.127(a), (e)(1) On petitions to Director...................................2.146(c), (e) Burden of proof in an interference..................................2.96 Business with U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to be conducted with decorum and courtesy............................................1.3 Business with U.S. Patent and Trademark Office transacted in writing..............................................................1.2 C Cancellation of registrations: By cancellation proceeding--pleadings and procedure......2.111 et seq... (See also Petition for Cancellation).................................... By registrant...............................................2.134, 2.172 For failure to file affidavit or declaration of use under sec. 8 2.160-2.166 During cancellation proceeding..................................2.134(b) Cases not specifically defined in rules, petition to the Director 2.146(a)(4) Certificate of correction of registration...................2.174, 2.175 Certificate of mailing by first class mail...........................1.8 Certificate of registration: As evidence in inter partes proceeding...............2.122 (b), (d), (e) Contents...........................................................2.151 Issuance of new certificate to assignee............................2.171 When and how issued....................................2.81, 2.82, 2.151 Certificate of transmission..........................................1.8 Certification mark......................................2.45, 2.56(a)(5) Certified copies of registrations and records.......................1.13 Citizenship of applicant......................................2.32(a)(3) Civil action: From decision of Director.......................................2.145(c) From decision of Trademark Trial and Appeal Board...............2.145(c) Notice of election by appellee to proceed by civil action after appeal to U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit......2.145(c)(3) Notice to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of election to commence civil action for review of Board decision....................2.145(c)(4) Suspension of action in application pending outcome.................2.67 Suspension of inter partes proceedings pending outcome.............2.117 Time for commencing civil action from decision of Director or Trademark Trial and Appeal Board................................2.145(d) Waiver of right to proceed by civil action in ex parte case 2.145(c)(2) Civil Procedure, Federal Rules of, applied to inter partes proceedings...........................................2.116(a), 2.120(a) Claim of benefits of Act of 1946 for marks registered under prior Acts.........................................................2.153-2.156 Classification of goods and services................................2.85 Application limited to single class..............................2.86(a) Combined applications............................................2.86(b) Schedules of classes.............................................6.1-6.4 Code of Professional Responsibility.........................10.20-10.112 Collective mark.........................................2.44, 2.56(a)(3) [[Page 339]] Combined applications.........................................2.86, 2.87 Combined inter partes proceedings: Cancellation....................................................2.112(b) Opposition......................................................2.104(b) Commencement of cancellation....................................2.111(a) Commencement of opposition......................................2.101(a) Director of United States Patent and Trademark Office: May suspend certain rules.............................2.146(a)(5), 2.148 Petition to........................................................2.146 Communication with attorney or other representative.................2.18 Complaints against U.S. Patent and Trademark Office employees........1.3 Compliance of applicant with other laws.............................2.69 Compliance with discovery order of Trademark Trial and Appeal Board...........................................................2.120(g) Compulsory counterclaim...................2.106(b)(2)(i), 2.114(b)(2)(i) Concurrent use registration...................................2.42, 2.99 Amendment to seek...................................................2.73 Answer to notice of concurrent use proceeding, by whom and when 2.99(d) Application requirements............................................2.42 Based upon court determination...................................2.99(f) Burden of proving entitlement to.................................2.99(e) Consideration and determination by Trademark Trial and Appeal Board..................................................2.99(h), 2.133(c) Examination by Examiner.....................................2.99(a), (b) Intent-to-use applications, when subject to.............2.73(b). 2.99(g) Mark must first be published for opposition purposes.............2.99(c) Notice of concurrent use proceeding.........................2.99(c), (d) Registrations and applications to register on Supplemental Register and registrations under Act of 1920 not subject to......2.99(g) Request to divide application during concurrent use proceeding...2.87(c) Conduct of practitioners....................................10.20-10.170 Conference, pre-trial, in inter partes cases.................2.120(i)(2) Conference, telephone, in inter partes cases.................2.120(i)(1) Confidential matters...................................2.27(e), 2.125(e) Conflict of interest, attorney......................2.61(c), 10.61-10.68 Conflicting marks, co-pending applications for................2.83, 2.91 Consent of applicant or authorized representative to withdrawal of opposition after answer.........................................2.106(c) Consent of opposer to abandonment of application or mark...........2.135 Consent of petitioner to surrender or voluntary cancellation of registration.......................................................2.134 Consent of registrant or authorized representative to withdrawal of cancellation after answer....................................2.114(c) Consolidated inter partes proceedings: Filing consolidated petition to cancel..........................2.112(b) Filing consolidated opposition..................................2.104(b) Times for filing briefs......................................2.128(a)(2) Times for taking testimony...................................2.121(b)(2) Constructive use, entry of judgment subject to establishment of in inter partes proceedings........................................2.129(d) Contested or inter partes cases............................2.116 et seq. Copies of registrations and records............................1.13, 2.6 Correction of informalities by amendment............................2.71 Correction of mistake in certificate of registration: Mistake by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office........................2.174 Mistake by registrant..............................................2.175 Correspondence, with whom held......................2.18, 2.24, 2.119(d) [[Page 340]] Counterclaim in opposition and cancellation.....2.106(b)(2), 2.114(b)(2) Coupons, for certain payments.......................................1.24 Court determination as basis for concurrent use registration.....2.99(f) Courtesy and decorum in dealing with U.S. Patent and Trademark Office...............................................................1.3 Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, U.S., appeal to..........2.145 D Date of first use and first use in commerce: Amendment of.....................................................2.71(c) Required in amendment to allege use......................2.76(b)(1), (c) Required in statement of use.............................2.88(b)(1), (c) Required in use applications under sec. l(a)......2.34(a)(1)(i) and (ii) Date of use allegation in application or registration not evidence on behalf of applicant or registrant in inter partes case....2.122(b)(2) Declaration in lieu of oath or verification.........................2.20 Declaration of interference.........................................2.91 Default judgment for failure to offer evidence in inter partes proceeding......................................................2.132(a) Delay in responding to official action..............................2.66 Deposit accounts for paying fees....................................1.25 Depositions, discovery, in inter partes cases: Domestic party..................................................2.120(b) Foreign party or representative.................................2.120(c) Motion to compel attendance.....................................2.120(e) Nonparty........................................................2.120(b) Time for taking.................................................2.120(a) Use of..........................................................2.120(j) When to file with Trademark Trial and Appeal Board...........2.120(j)(8) Depositions, discovery or trial testimony, upon written questions 2.124 Depositions, trial testimony.......................................2.123 Before whom taken...............................................2.123(d) Certification and filing........................................2.123(f) Corresponds to the trial in court proceedings...................2.116(e) Effect of errors and irregularities.............................2.123(j) Examination of witnesses........................................2.123(e) Filing and service of testimony transcript.........................2.125 Form of depositions.............................................2.123(g) Inspection of depositions..............................2.27(d), 2.123(i) Manner of taking................................................2.123(a) Must be filed...................................................2.123(h) Notice of taking................................................2.123(c) Protective order relating to transcript or exhibits.............2.125(e) Raising of objections.................................2.123(e), (j), (k) Stipulations concerning.........................................2.123(b) Taken in foreign country.....................................2.123(a)(2) Timing.............................................................2.121 Description of mark in application..................................2.37 Amendment to........................................................2.72 Designation of representative by foreign applicant, registrant, or party: Application.........................................................2.24 Assignment..........................................................3.61 In inter partes proceeding......................................2.119(d) Disciplinary Proceedings...................................10.130-10.170 Disclaimer: During inter partes cases..........................................2.133 In part, of registered mark........................................2.173 Discovery depositions. See Depositions, discovery, in inter partes cases. [[Page 341]] Discovery procedure................................................2.120 Automatic disclosure provisions and scheduling conferences of Federal Rules of Civil Procedure not applicable.................2.120(a) Discovery deposition of domestic party..........................2.120(b) Discovery deposition of foreign party...........................2.120(c) Discovery provisions of Federal Rules of Civil Procedure apply except as otherwise provided....................................2.120(a) Failure to comply with discovery order of Trademark Trial and Appeal Board....................................................2.120(g) Interrogatories..............................................2.120(d)(1) Motion for order to compel discovery...............2.120(d)(1), 2.120(e) Motion for a protective order...................................2.120(f) Place of production of documents and things..................2.120(d)(2) Pre-trial conference.........................................2.120(i)(2) Proceeding suspended pending decision on motion to compel....2.120(e)(2) Request for admissions..........................................2.120(h) Sanctions for failure to comply with discovery order of Trademark Trial and Appeal Board..........................................2.120(g) Telephone conference.........................................2.120(i)(1) Time for discovery..............................................2.120(a) Use of discovery deposition, answer to interrogatory, or admission 2.120(j) When to file discovery materials with Trademark Trial and Appeal Board........................................................2.120(j)(8) Dismissal: For failure to file brief on appeal to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board........................................................2.142(b)(1) For failure to take testimony or offer other evidence in inter partes case........................................................2.132 Distinctiveness under sec. 2(f), proof of...........................2.41 Dividing an application.............................................2.87 Domestic representative of foreign applicant, registrant, or party: Application...................................................2.24, 2.37 Assignment..........................................................3.61 In inter partes proceeding......................................2.119(d) Domicile of applicant.........................................2.32(a)(3) Drawing........................................................2.51-2.52 Amendment to mark in................................................2.72 Drawings required...................................................2.51 Color in...................................................2.52(a)(2)(v) Requirements for drawing............................................2.52 Transfer from abandoned to new application..........................2.26 Typed drawing.................................................2.52(a)(1) Duration of registration: Cancellation for failure to file affidavit or declaration of use under sec. 8.......................................................2.160 Renewal......................................................2.181-2.186 Term of original registrations and renewals........................2.181 E Emergencies or interruptions in United States Postal Service......1.6(e) ``Entity'', defined...............................................2.2(b) Entry of judgment, in inter partes proceeding, subject to establishment of constructive use...............................2.129(d) Evidence in ex parte appeal after notice of appeal..............2.142(d) Evidence in inter partes proceeding..........................2.122-2.125 Affidavits, stipulated testimony, and stipulated facts..........2.123(b) Allegations of use and specimens in applications and registrations 2.122(b)(2) [[Page 342]] Discovery responses.............................................2.120(j) Exhibits attached to pleadings..................................2.122(c) Files of applications or registrations which are subject matter of proceeding...................................................2.122(b)(1) Official records................................................2.122(e) Printed publications............................................2.122(e) Registration owned by any party to proceeding................2.122(d)(2) Registration pleaded by opposer or petitioner................2.122(d)(1) Rules of evidence...............................................2.122(a) Testimony from other proceedings between parties................2.122(f) Testimony upon oral examination....................................2.123 Testimony upon written questions...................................2.124 Evidence of distinctiveness.........................................2.41 Examination of applications.........................................2.61 Examination of witnesses in inter partes proceeding.............2.123(e) Examiner's appearance at ex parte appeal oral hearing........2.142(e)(2) Examiner's brief on appeal......................................2.142(b) Examiner's jurisdiction over an application.........................2.84 Exhibits attached to pleadings: As evidence.....................................................2.122(c) Duplicate copies shall be filed.......................2.104(a), 2.112(a) Forwarded to defendant by Trademark Trial and Appeal Board........2.105, 2.113 Exhibits, testimony, filing and service of.........................2.125 Ex parte appeal. See Appeal to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Ex parte matter disclosed but not tried in inter partes case.......2.131 Express abandonment of application or mark: During examination procedure........................................2.68 During inter partes proceeding.....................................2.135 ``Express Mail'' procedure for filing of papers and fees............1.10 Express surrender or cancellation of registration: During inter partes proceeding.....................................2.134 Requirements for...................................................2.172 Extension of time for discovery and testimony.....2.120(a), 2.121(a)(1), (c), (d) Extension of time for filing opposition............................2.102 Extension of time for filing statement of use.......................2.89 Fee for filing request for...........................................2.6 Good cause showing, when necessary.......................2.89(b)(4), (d) Mark ``Box ITU'' on request for...................................1.1(h) Request filed with statement of use..............................2.89(e) F Facsimile transmission, certificate of...............................1.8 Facsimile transmission of certain correspondence to U.S. Patent and Trademark Office......................................1.6(a)(3), (d) Facsimiles as specimens..........................................2.56(c) Failure by appellant to file brief on ex parte appeal........2.142(b)(1) Failure by Plaintiff to file brief at final hearing in inter partes proceeding............................................2.128(a)(3) Failure to answer opposition....................................2.106(a) Failure to answer petition for cancellation.....................2.114(a) Failure to comply with discovery order..........................2.120(g) Failure to comply with order relating to confidential testimony or exhibits........................................................2.125(e) Failure to file affidavit of use under sec. 8 or renewal application for registration in inter partes proceeding.........2.134(b) Failure to file brief on motion.................................2.127(a) Failure to offer evidence other than U.S. Patent and Trademark Office records..................................................2.132(b) [[Page 343]] Failure to respond to official action...............................2.65 Failure to take testimony or offer other evidence...............2.132(a) Failure to timely file a statement of use........................2.88(h) Fax transmission, certificate of.....................................1.8 Fax transmission of certain correspondence to U.S. Patent and Trademark Office..........................................1.6(a)(3), (d) Federal Rules of Civil Procedure......................2.116(a), 2.122(a) Federal Rules of Evidence.......................................2.122(a) Fees and charges.........................................1.21, 1.22, 2.6 Fees, insufficient amount submitted: For application...............................................2.21(a)(5) For petition for cancellation..........................2.85(e), 2.111(c) For ex parte appeal..............................................2.85(e) For opposition..................................................2.101(d) For renewal application.................................2.183(b) and (f) Fees, payment of..............................................1.22, 1.23 Filing an amendment to allege use...................................2.76 Filing an opposition...............................................2.101 Filing and service of trial testimony..............................2.125 Filing date, effective, after amendment of sec. l(b) application to Supplemental Register.........................................2.75(b) Filing date of application..........................................2.21 Filing of confidential papers...................................2.125(e) Filing of papers and fees by ``Express Mail''.......................1.10 Filing petition for cancellation...................................2.111 Filing requests for extensions of time for filing statement of use 2.89 Mark ``Box ITU''..................................................1.1(h) Filing statement of use after notice of allowance...................2.88 Mark ``Box ITU''..................................................1.1(h) Filing substitute specimens.........................................2.59 Final refusal of application.....................................2.64(a) Filing amendment to allege use during final action response period 2.64(c) Reconsideration of...............................................2.64(a) Final hearing, briefs at (inter partes proceeding).................2.128 Foreign applicant, registrant, or party, designation of domestic representative................................2.24, 2.37, 2.119(d), 3.61 Foreign application, priority claim based on..................2.34(a)(4) Foreign registration: Application based on, under sec. 44..................2.34(a)(3), 2.47(b) Copy of.......................................................2.34(a)(2) Necessary before publication..............................2.34(a)(3)(ii) Form of amendment to application....................................2.74 G General information and correspondence..........................1.1-1.10 Goods and/or services identification of: Additions not permitted..........................................2.71(a) Amendment of.....................................................2.71(a) Amendment of, filed with statement of use.....................2.88(i)(3) In affidavit or declaration filed under sec. 8..................2.161(e) In written application........................................2.32(a)(6) Multiple goods or services comprised in single class or multiple classes..................................2.32(a)(6), 2.34(a)(1)(v), 2.86 Required in amendment to allege use......................2.76(b)(1), (c) Required in request for extension of time to file statement of use 2.89(f) Required in statement of use........................2.88(b)(1), (c), (i) [[Page 344]] Good cause, showing necessary for extension of time to file statement of use.........................................2.89(b)(4), (d) H Hearing, oral: At final hearing in inter partes proceeding........................2.129 On appeal to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board...................2.142(e) On motion in inter partes proceedings...........................2.127(a) On petition to Director.........................................2.146(f) I Identification of goods and/or services: See Goods and/or services identification of. Identification of pending application or registered mark in correspondence.......................................................1.5 Identification of prior registrations...............................2.36 Incontestability of right to use mark: Affidavit under sec. 15............................................2.167 Freedom from interference proceeding.............................2.91(b) Informalities, amendment to correct.................................2.71 Inquiries directed to U.S. Patent and Trademark Office...............1.4 Intent-to-use applications under sec. 1(b): Abandonment for failure to timely file a statement of use........2.65(c) Amendment to allege use.............................................2.76 Amendments between notice of allowance and statement of use.........2.77 Basis for filing application..................................2.34, 2.37 Bona fide intention to use mark in commerce necessary......2.34(a)(2)(i) Certification mark..................................................2.45 Collective mark.....................................................2.44 Dividing............................................................2.87 Drawing required...........................................2.32(c), 2.51 Extensions of time for filing statement of use......................2.89 Filing-date requirements............................................2.21 Notice of allowance..............................................2.81(b) Requirements for written application....................2.32, 2.34(a)(2) Revival of application abandoned for failure to timely file a statement of use....................................................2.66 Specimens filed with amendment to allege use or statement of use 2.56, 2.76, 2.88 Statement of use....................................................2.88 When eligible for concurrent use........................2.73(b), 2.99(g) When eligible for amendment to Supplemental Register.............2.47(c) Interlocutory motions, inter partes proceeding.....................2.127 Interference.......................................2.91-2.93, 2.96, 2.98 Adding Party to interference........................................2.98 Burden of proof.....................................................2.96 Conflicting marks, co-pending applications for......................2.83 Declaration of interference.........................................2.91 Declared only on petition to Director............................2.91(a) Institution of interference.........................................2.93 Issue...............................................................2.96 Marks must otherwise be deemed registrable..........................2.92 Notice of interference..............................................2.93 Preliminary to interference.........................................2.92 Registrations and applications on the Supplemental Register, registrations under the Act of 1920, and registrations of incontestable marks not subject to interference..................2.91(b) [[Page 345]] Request to divide application during interference................2.87(c) Inter partes procedure.......................................2.116-2.136 Inter partes proceedings......................................2.91-2.136 Cancellation.................................................2.111-2.115 Concurrent use......................................................2.99 Failure of plaintiff to file brief at final hearing..........2.128(a)(3) Failure of plaintiff to take testimony.............................2.132 Interference.......................................2.91-2.93, 2.96, 2.98 Opposition...................................................2.101-2.107 Procedure in.................................................2.116-2.136 Interrogatories (discovery)........................................2.120 Motion for an order to compel answer...............2.120(d)(1), 2.120(e) Numerical limit on...........................................2.120(d)(1) Timing of.......................................................2.120(a) Use of answers..................................................2.120(j) When to file copy of interrogatories and answers thereto with Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.............................2.120(j)(8) Interruptions or emergencies in United States Postal Service......1.6(e) Issue date of the notice of allowance............................2.81(b) J Judgment by default: Failure by plaintiff to file brief at final hearing..........2.128(a)(3) Failure to answer cancellation..................................2.114(a) Failure to answer notice of concurrent use proceeding.........2.99(d)(3) Failure to answer opposition....................................2.106(a) Failure to take testimony or offer other evidence..................2.132 Judgment, entry of in inter partes proceeding subject to establishment of constructive use...............................2.129(d) Jurisdiction over published applications............................2.84 Amendment after publication of mark..............................2.84(b) Amendment during inter partes proceeding...........................2.133 Remand to Examiner by Trademark Trial and Appeal Board......2.130, 2.131 L Lawyers. See Attorneys. Letter, separate for each distinct subject of inquiry.............1.4(c) Letters, address for mailing to U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 1.1 M Mailing, certificate of..............................................1.8 Mailing address for correspondence with U.S. Patent and Trademark Office...............................................................1.1 Marks on Supplemental Register published only upon registration.....2.82 Marks registered under 1905 Act. claiming benefits of 1946 Act 2.153-2.156 Marks under sec. 12(c) not subject to opposition; subject to cancellation.......................................................2.156 Matters in evidence in inter partes cases..........................2.122 Mistake in registration incurred through fault of applicant........2.175 Mistake in registration incurred through fault of U.S. Patent and Trademark Office...................................................2.174 Money, payment of..............................................1.22-1.26 Motions in inter partes proceedings: Briefs on..........................................2.127(a), 2.127(e)(1) Contents........................................................2.127(a) Failure to respond to motion....................................2.127(a) [[Page 346]] For a protective order..........................................2.120(f) For judgment for failure to take testimony.........................2.132 For summary judgment............................................2.127(e) Interlocutory motions and requests, who may act on..............2.127(c) Request for reconsideration of decision on motion...............2.127(b) Suspension pending determination of motion potentially dispositive of proceeding...................................................2.127(d) To add application to interference..................................2.98 To compel discovery................................2.120(d)(1), 2.120(e) To determine sufficiency of answer or objection to request for admission.......................................................2.120(h) To extend discovery period......................................2.120(a) To extend times for taking testimony upon written questions 2.124(d)(2) To extend trial periods.................................2.121(a)(1), (c) To suspend.........................................................2.117 To take oral deposition abroad..................2.120(c)(1), 2.123(a)(2) To use testimony from another proceeding between parties........2.122(f) Multiple class applications....................2.32(a)(6), 2.34(a)(1)(v) Dividing of.........................................................2.87 Multiple goods or services comprised in single class or multiple classes.............................................................2.86 Dividing of.........................................................2.87 N New certificate on change of ownership.............................2.171 Notice by publication, undelivered Office notices..................2.118 Notice of allowance..............................................2.81(b) Filing statement of use after.......................................2.88 Issue date of....................................................2.81(b) Notice of appeal to court and civil action.........................2.145 Notice of appeal to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board............2.142(a) Notice of concurrent use proceeding.........................2.99(c), (d) Notice of claim of benefits of 1946 Act......................2.153-2.156 Notice of election by appellee to proceed by civil action after appeal to U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit......2.145(c)(3) Notice of interference..............................................2.93 Notice of publication under sec. 12(c).............................2.155 Notice of reliance on discovery.................................2.120(j) Notice of reliance on printed publications and official records 2.122(e) Notice to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of civil action...2.145(c)(4) Notice, where address of registrant in cancellation proceeding is unknown............................................................2.118 Notification of acceptance of or deficiency in amendment to allege use.........................................................2.76(f), (g) Notification of acceptance of or deficiency in statement of use 2.88(f), (g) Notification of filing of petition for cancellation................2.113 Notification of grant or denial of request for an extension of time to file a statement of use..................................2.89(g) Notification of opposition.........................................2.105 O Oath, declaration in lieu of........................................2.20 Oaths, before whom and when made in testimonial deposition...2.123(e)(5) Official Gazette contents: Claim of benefits under sec. 12(c) for marks registered under 1905 Act................................................................2.154 First filed of applications for conflicting marks...................2.83 [[Page 347]] Marks on Principal Register published for opposition................2.80 Marks on Supplemental Register published when registered............2.82 Official records, reliance on in inter partes proceeding........2.122(e) Omission of matter from response to Examiner's action............2.65(b) Opposition to registration of mark on Principal Register:....2.101-2.107 Amendment of opposition............................................2.107 Answer.............................................................2.106 Commencement of opposition......................................2.101(a) Consolidated oppositions........................................2.104(b) Contents of opposition.............................................2.104 Corresponds to complaint in a court proceeding..................2.116(c) Discovery..........................................................2.120 Extension of time for filing an opposition.........................2.102 Failure to timely answer........................................2.106(a) Filing an opposition...............................................2.101 Insufficient fees...............................................2.101(d) Notification of opposition.........................................2.105 Procedure, inter partes......................................2.116-2.136 Request to divide application during opposition..................2.87(c) Suspension of proceedings..........................................2.117 Time for filing opposition......................................2.101(c) Who may file opposition.........................................2.101(b) Withdrawal of opposition........................................2.106(c) Oral argument at final hearing in inter partes proceeding..........2.129 Oral hearing: Ex parte appeal.................................................2.142(e) Inter partes proceedings.......................2.116(f), 2.127(a), 2.129 On petition to Director.........................................2.146(f) Oral promise, stipulation, or understanding..........................1.2 Ownership, prior registrations, identification in application.......2.36 P Papers of application not returnable................................2.25 Patent Rules, applicable.............................................2.1 Payment of money...............................................1.22-1.26 Pending application index...........................................2.27 Period for response to Office actions...............................2.62 Personal appearance unnecessary......................................1.2 Persons who may practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in trademark cases..........................................10.14 Petition for cancellation....................................2.111-2.115 Amendment of petition..............................................2.115 Answer.............................................................2.114 Commencement of cancellation proceeding.........................2.111(a) Contents of petition...............................................2.112 Corresponds to complaint in a court proceeding..................2.116(c) Discovery..........................................................2.120 Failure to timely answer........................................2.114(a) Filing petition for cancellation...................................2.111 Insufficient fees...............................................2.111(c) Notification of cancellation proceeding............................2.113 Procedure, inter partes......................................2.116-2.136 Suspension of proceedings..........................................2.117 Time for filing petition........................................2.111(b) Who may file petition...........................................2.111(b) Withdrawal of petition..........................................2.114(c) Petition for rehearing, reconsideration or modification of decision: [[Page 348]] Decision in inter partes proceeding.............................2.129(c) Decision on ex parte appeal........................................2.144 Decision on interlocutory motion in inter partes proceeding.....2.127(b) Petition to revive abandoned application............................2.66 Petition to the Director...........................................2.146 Any case not specifically defined and provided for by rules 2.146(a)(4) Contents of petition............................................2.146(c) Delegation of authority to act on petitions.....................2.146(h) Extraordinary situation requiring suspension or waiver of requirement of rules.........................................2.146(a)(5) Fee..................................................................2.6 From denial of request for extension of time to file statement of use..............................................................2.89(g) From grant or denial of request for extension of time to oppose 2.146(e)(1) From interlocutory order of Trademark Trial and Appeal Board 2.146(e)(2) Invoke supervisory authority.................................2.146(a)(3) Oral hearing on petition........................................2.146(f) Reconsideration of refusal to accept sec. 8 affidavit or declaration.....................................................2.165(b) Refusal of renewal of registration.................................2.186 Relief from repeated formal requirement of Examiner..............2.63(b) Repeated action or requirement of Examiner regarding subject matter appropriate for petition..............................2.146(a)(1) Review of adverse action on correction, disclaimer, surrender, etc. of registration...............................................2.176 Stays time in appeal, inter partes proceeding, or reply to Office action only when stay is specifically requested and granted.....2.146(g) Subject matter for petitions...............................2.146(a), (b) Time to file petition......................................2.146(d), (e) To accord filing date as of date of deposit as Express Mail 1.10(c)-(e) Pleading, amendment of......................................2.107, 2.115 Position of parties in inter partes proceedings...........2.96, 2.99(e), 2.116(b) Postal Service, United States, interruptions or emergencies in....1.6(e) Post notice of allowance......................................2.88, 2.89 Post publication....................................................2.81 Power of attorney or authorization of other representative....2.17, 2.19 Practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, individuals entitled to........................................................10.14 Predecessor in title or related company, use by.....................2.38 Pre-trial conference, inter partes proceeding................2.120(i)(2) Principal Register..................................................2.46 Amendment to or from Supplemental Register..........................2.75 Printed publications, as evidence in inter partes proceedings...2.122(e) Prior acts, status of prior registrations..........................2.158 Priority claim based on foreign application...................2.34(a)(4) Prior registrations, ownership, identification in application.......2.36 Procedure in inter partes cases..............................2.116-2.136 Production of documents and things, request for (discovery)........2.120 Place of production..........................................2.120(d)(2) Motion for an order to compel production........................2.120(e) Timing of.......................................................2.120(a) Professional conduct of attorneys...........................10.20-10.129 Proof of distinctiveness under sec. 2(f)............................2.41 Proof of service................................................2.119(a) Protective order: Access to materials filed under..................................2.27(e) Relating to discovery...........................................2.120(f) Relating to testimony...........................................2.125(e) Sanctions for violation...............................2.120(g), 2.125(e) [[Page 349]] Publication and post publication...............................2.80-2.84 Publication in Official Gazette: Jurisdiction over published applications............................2.84 Of claim of benefits under sec. 12(c) for marks registered under 1905 Act...........................................................2.154 Of first filed of applications for conflicting marks................2.83 Of mark on Principal Register for opposition after approval.........2.80 Of marks on Supplemental Register when registered...................2.82 Publication of amendments to rules.................................2.189 Publication, notice by, undelivered Office notices to registrant in inter partes proceeding.........................................2.118 R Rebuttal testimony.........................................2.121(b), (c) Receipt of papers and fees................................1.6, 1.8, 1.10 Recognition of attorneys or other authorized person..........2.17, 10.14 Reconsideration: Of affidavit or declaration of use under sec. 8.......2.163(b), 2.165(a) Of decision after final hearing in inter partes proceeding......2.129(c) Of decision on ex parte appeal.....................................2.144 Of final action..................................................2.64(b) Of order or decision on interlocutory motion....................2.127(b) Records of documents in Assignment Services Division of U.S. Patent and Trademark Office....................................3.11-3.56 Records and files of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office....1.12, 1.15, 2.27 Reexamination of application.....................................2.63(a) Reexamination of application after remand by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.....................................2.130, 2.131, 2.142 Refund of money paid to U.S. Patent and Trademark Office............1.26 Refusal of affidavit or declaration of use under sec. 8............2.163 Refusal of registration.............................................2.61 Refusal of renewal.................................................2.184 Refusal of request for extension of time to file a statement of use..............................................................2.89(g) Registrability of marks in plurality of classes (combined applications).......................................................2.86 Registrant claiming benefits of 1946 Act.....................2.153-2.156 Registration as evidence in inter partes proceeding: File of registration which is the subject of the proceeding 2.122(b)(1) Registration owned by any party to proceeding................2.122(d)(2) Registration pleaded by opposer or petitioner................2.122(d)(1) Registration files open to public inspection.....................2.27(d) Registrations, printed copies available.............................1.13 Related company or predecessor, use by..............................2.38 Remand to Examiner After decision in inter partes case................................2.131 During appeal from refusal of registration......................2.142(f) During inter partes case...........................................2.130 Renewal of registration......................................2.181-2.186 Application for renewal, requirements..............................2.183 Failure to renew registration involved in inter partes proceeding 2.134(b) Period in which to file............................................2.182 Refusal of renewal..............................................2.184(a) Review of Examiner's refusal by Director...........................2.186 Term of original registrations and renewals........................2.181 Reply briefs in inter partes proceedings........................2.127(a) Representation by attorney..........................................2.11 [[Page 350]] Representation of others before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.......................................................2.11, 10.14 Representative, domestic or U.S. See Domestic representative. Representation, recognition for..............................2.17, 10.14 Republication of marks registered under prior acts...........2.153-2.156 Request for admissions (discovery). See Admissions, request for. Request for extension of time for discovery and testimony. See Extension of time for discovery and testimony. Request for extension of time to file opposition. See Extension of time for filing opposition. Request for extension of time to file statement of use. See Extension of time to file statement of use. Request for information and exhibits by Examiner.................2.61(b) Request for production (discovery). See Production of documents and things, request for. Request for reconsideration. See Reconsideration. Request for records.................................................1.15 Request for registration......................................2.32(a)(1) Request to divide an application....................................2.87 Requirements for receiving a filing date............................2.21 Requirements for written application..........................2.32, 2.34 Registration of marks registered under prior acts..................2.158 Response to official action.........................................2.62 Review by Director: For relief from repeated formal requirement by Examiner..........2.63(b) Of adverse action on correction, disclaimer, surrender, etc. of registration.......................................................2.176 Of refusal of affidavit or declaration of use under sec. 8.........2.165 Of refusal of renewal application..................................2.186 Petitions to the Director..........................................2.146 Revival of abandoned applications...................................2.66 Revocation of power of attorney.....................................2.19 Rules of evidence in inter partes cases.........................2.122(a) Rules of practice in trademark cases: Amendment..........................................................2.189 Suspension, petition to Director......................2.146(a)(5), 2.148 Waiver, petition to Director..........................2.146(a)(5), 2.148 S Sanction for failure to comply with discovery order.............2.120(g) Sanction for failure to comply with protective order relating to testimony.......................................................2.125(e) Saturday, Sunday, or Federal holiday, time for taking action expiring on....................................1.6(a)(1), (2)1.6(b), 1.7 Schedule of classes of goods and services..................2.85, 6.1-6.4 Schedule of time for discovery and trial periods.........2.120(a), 2.121 Sec. 2(f), proof of distinctiveness.................................2.41 Sec. 8 affidavit or declaration of use.......................2.160-2.166 Sec. 44, application based on: Amendment to change application to different register............2.75(a) Amendment to description or drawing in mark......................2.72(c) Basis for filing..............................................2.34, 2.37 Certification mark...............................................2.45(b) Collective mark..................................................2.44(b) Drawing required.................................................2.32(c) Filing-date requirements............................................2.21 [[Page 351]] Goods or services identified may not exceed scope of those in foreign application or registration...........................2.32(a)(6) Priority claim................................................2.34(a)(4) Requirements for drawings...........................................2.52 Requirements for written application................................2.33 Supplemental Register............................................2.47(b) Serial number.......................................................2.23 Service charge for filing renewal application during grace period 2.6, 2.185 Services marks......................................................2.43 Specimens or facsimiles..........................................2.56(c) Service of copies of testimony.....................................2.125 Service and signing of papers......................................2.119 Signature and certificate of attorney..............................10.18 Signature of applicant..............................................2.33 Single certificate for one mark registered in a plurality of classes.............................................................2.87 Specimens......................................................2.56-2.59 Facsimiles in lieu of specimens..................................2.56(c) Not evidence in behalf of applicant or registrant in inter partes proceeding...................................................2.122(b)(2) Of service mark...............................................2.56(a)(2) Requirement of filing with affidavit or declaration of use under sec. 8..........................................................2.161(g) Requirement of filing with amendment to allege use....2.76(b)(2), (e)(2) Requirement of filing with statement of use...........2.88(b)(2), (e)(2) Support of amendment to application...........................2.71, 2.72 Support of amendment to registration...............................2.173 Statement of use....................................................2.88 Amendments to description or drawing of mark after filing.....2.72(b)(1) Amendments to dates of use after filing.......................2.71(c)(2) Extensions of time to file..........................................2.89 Fee for filing.......................................................2.6 Mark ``Box ITU''..................................................1.1(h) May not be withdrawn.............................................2.88(g) Minimum requirements for filing..................................2.88(e) Requirements for.................................................2.88(b) Time for filing..................................................2.88(a) Status of application after ex parte appeal.....................2.142(g) Status of application on termination of inter partes proceedings 2.136 Stipulated evidence, inter partes cases.........................2.123(b) Stipulation to extend discovery and/or trial periods.....2.120(a), 2.121 Substitute specimens, filing of.....................................2.59 Summary judgments in inter partes proceedings................2.127(e)(1) Sunday, Saturday, or Federal holiday, time for taking action expiring on....................................1.6(a)(1), (2)1.6(b), 1.7 Supplemental Register: Amendment from Principal Register..........................2.47(c), 2.75 Application requirements............................................2.47 Approval............................................................2.82 Cancellation.......................................................2.111 Certificate of registration.........................................2.82 Intent-to-use applications, when eligible........................2.47(c) Marks published when registered.....................................2.82 Surrender of certificate of registration...........................2.172 During inter partes proceeding.....................................2.134 Suspension of action in application by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office..............................................................2.67 Suspension from practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 10.130-10.170 Suspension of later filed conflicting application...................2.83 [[Page 352]] Suspension of inter partes proceedings by Trademark Trial and Appeal Board: For good cause upon motion or stipulation.......................2.117(c) Pending disposition of motion potentially dispositive of case...2.127(d) Pending disposition of motion to compel.....................2.120(e)(2) Pending disposition of motion to test sufficiency of response to request for admission........................................2.120(h)(2) Pending termination of civil action or other Board proceeding 2.117(a), (b) Suspension of rules, Director.........................2.146(a)(5), 2.148 T Term of original registrations and renewals........................2.181 Testimony in inter partes cases: Assignment and resetting of times..................................2.121 By oral examination................................................2.123 By written questions...............................................2.124 Failure to take....................................................2.132 Filing and service of testimony................2.123(f), 2.124(f), 2.125 Arrangement, indexing, and form of transcript...2.123(g); 2.125 (b), (d) Corrections to........................................2.124(f), 2.125(b) Deposition must be filed........................................2.123(h) Filing in U.S. Patent and Trademark Office...........2.123(f), 2.124(f), 2.125(c) Inspection of deposition........................................2.123(i) Service on adverse party..............................2.124(f), 2.125(a) From another proceeding.........................................2.122(f) In foreign countries.........................................2.123(a)(2) Objections to.........................2.123 (e), (j), (k); 2.124(d), (g) Stipulated testimony............................................2.123(b) Time: For amendment.......................................................2.62 For ex parte appeal.............................................2.142(a) For filing affidavit or declaration to avoid cancellation..........2.160 For filing amendment to allege use...............................2.76(a) For filing appeal to court or civil action......................2.145(d) For filing briefs in inter partes proceedings......................2.127 For filing extension of time to oppose.............................2.102 For filing opposition...........................................2.101(c) For filing petition for cancellation....................2.111(b), (c)(3) For filing request for extension of time to file statement of use 2.89 For filing request to divide application.........................2.87(c) For filing statement of use......................................2.88(a) For response to U.S. Patent and Trademark Office action.............2.62 For taking discovery............................................2.120(a) For taking testimony...............................................2.121 Translation of assignment...........................................3.26 Transmission, certificate of.........................................1.8 U Undelivered Office notices, to registrant..........................2.118 Unprofessional conduct, attorneys...........................10.20-10.129 Unprovided for and extraordinary circumstances, petition to Director................................................2.146(a)(4), (5) U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, appeal to...........2.145 Use: Allegation of use in commerce.....................2.21, 2.34, 2.76, 2.88 Amendment to allege use in commerce.................................2.76 Bona fide intention to use in commerce........................2.34, 2.89 [[Page 353]] By predecessor or by related companies..............................2.38 Dates of first use and first use in commerce....2.34(a)(1)(ii) and (iii) Statement of use....................................................2.88 Use of discovery................................................2.120(j) V Verification: Declaration in lieu of oath or verification.........................2.20 Of application......................................................2.33 Required with amendment to allege use.................2.76(b)(1), (e)(3) Required with statement of use........................2.88(b)(1), (e)(3) Required with substitute specimens..................................2.59 In support of amendments to descriptions or drawings of the mark 2.72 In support of amendments to dates of use.........................2.71(c) In support of request for extension of time to file statement of use.................................................................2.89 W Waiver of rule, petition to Director..................2.146(a)(5), 2.148 Willful false statements. declaration...............................2.20 Withdrawal from employment, practitioners.............2.19, 10.40, 10.63 Withdrawal of amendment to allege use............................2.76(h) Withdrawal of application...........................................2.68 Involved in inter partes proceeding................................2.135 Withdrawal of opposition with or without consent................2.106(c) Withdrawal of cancellation with or without consent..............2.114(c) Withdrawal of registration by voluntary surrender by registrant: Involved in cancellation proceeding................................2.134 Requirements for...................................................2.172 Withdrawal of statement of use prohibited........................2.88(g) Witnesses: Discovery deposition.......................................2.120(b), (c) Examination by oral deposition (Testimony).........................2.123 Examination by written questions...................................2.124 Foreign............................................2.120(c), 2.123(a)(2) Written application............................................2.32-2.47 [[Page 354]]