[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: 37CFR7.26]

[Page 318]
 
              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 E_Extension of Protection to the United States
 
Sec. 7.26  Filing date of extension of protection for purposes of examination in the Office.

    (a) If a request for extension of protection of an international 
registration to the United States is made in an international 
application and the request includes a declaration of a bona fide 
intention to use the mark in commerce as set out in Sec. 2.33(e) of 
this chapter, the filing date of the extension of protection to the 
United States is the international registration date.
    (b) If a request for extension of protection of an international 
registration to the United States is made in a subsequent designation 
and the request includes a declaration of a bona fide intention to use 
the mark in commerce as set out in Sec. 2.33(e), the filing date of the 
extension of protection to the United States is the date that the 
International Bureau records the subsequent designation.