[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 37, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 37CFR7.1]

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              TITLE 37--PATENTS, TRADEMARKS, AND COPYRIGHTS
 
  CHAPTER I--UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF 
                                COMMERCE
 
PART 7_RULES OF PRACTICE IN FILINGS PURSUANT TO THE PROTOCOL RELATING TO THE MADRID AGREEMENT CONCERNING THE INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION OF MARKS--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A_General Information
 
Sec. 7.1  Definitions of terms as used in this part.


    (a) the Act means the Trademark Act of 1946, 60 Stat. 427, as 
amended, codified in 15 U.S.C. 1051 et seq.
    (b) Subsequent designation means a request for extension of 
protection of an

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international registration to a Contracting Party made after the 
International Bureau registers the mark.
    (c) The acronym TEAS means the Trademark Electronic Application 
System available on-line through the Office's Web site at: 
www.uspto.gov.
    (d) The term Office means the United States Patent and Trademark 
Office.
    (e) All references to sections in this part refer to 37 Code of 
Federal Regulations, except as otherwise stated.