INDEX II-RULES RELATING TO TRADEMARKS A Abandonment of application or mark: Drawing of abandoned application used in new application...... Express abandonment....................... For failure to respond or to respond completely to official action... 2.26 2.135 2.68 2.65(a) .2.65(b) To applications, and all proceedings relating thereto, after publication or registration....................... 2.27(d) To applications prior to publication...... 2.27(b) 1.12 To assignment records........... To decisions of Commissioner and the Trademark Trail and Appeal To pending trademark application index....... Acknowledgment of receipt of affidavit or declaration: .................. 2.27(c) .2.27(a) ...2.164 2.167 2.186 ....2.61 2.98 2.120(h) .2.120(h) ...2.120(j) 2.120(j)(8) ...2.14 ......2.153 2.168(a) When to file copy of request with Trademark Trial and Appeal Claiming benefits of Act of 1946 under sec. 12(c).......................... Combined secs. 8 and 15.... Combined secs. 9 and 15... For incontestability under sec. 15.. For renewal application under sec. 9........ 2.168(b) 2.167 2.183 of use to avoid cancellation of registration under sec. 8............................................... Reconsideration and review of refusal........ 2.161, 2.162 2.165, 2.184 Agent. See Attorneys and other representatives. Allegations in application or registration not evidence on behalf of ap Answer to pleadings in opposition and cancellation proceedings........... 2.106, 2.114 Contents of answer. Corresponds to answer in court proceeding... 2.106(b)(1), 2.114(b)(1) 2.116(c) .......2.145 2.145(a) 2.145(c) Appeal to Court from decision of Trademark Trial and Appeal Board,. Civil action....... Noitice of election of appellee to proceed by civil action after appeal to U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit... Time for appeal or civil action............ Appeal to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board: 2.145(c)(3) ........ 2.145(d) Appropriate response to final refusal or second refusal on the same 2.64(a), 2.141 2.142(b) .2.142(c) ...2.142(b) .2.141 2.142(d) .....2.142(e) 2.144 Remand of Examiner re new issue prior to decision........... Reopening of examination of application after decision on appeal....... Time and manner of filing appeal........... Applicant: Foreign....... May be represented by an attorney. Name of............... Signature and oath or declaration.......... Application for registration....... Access to pending applications.. Certification mark.... Collective mark....... Concurrent use........ Conflicting marks, co-pending applications for.. Different classes may be combined....... Filing date requirements.......... Form of application............................. Must be in English..... Principal Register.. Service mark................................... Supplemental Register...... ... 2.142(f) Assignee: Address must be made of record.... Certificate of registration may be issued to..... Right to take action when assignment is recorded. tions........ New certificate after....... instruments relating to such marks.......... Assignment of registered marks or marks subject to pending applica Section .2.185(b) 2.187 2.171 ... 2.185(a)(4) 2.186 2.185-2.187 2.171 2.185(a) .1.12 2.185 2.120(a), 2.121 .2.121(a)(2) Recording in Patent and Trademark Office of assignments or other Records open to public inspection...... Requirements for recording....................................... Assignment of trail dates in inter partes proceedings.. After issue is joined....... Consolidated proceedings.. Counterclaim..... Discovery period... Rescheduling... Stipulation to extend.. Testimony periods........... Attorney conflict of interest.......... Attorneys and other representatives... Authentication of copies of registrations and records....... 2.121(b)(2) .2.121(b)(2) ....... 2.120(a) 2.121(a)(1), (c) .2.121(d) .2.121 .... 2.61(c) ..2.11, 2.17-2.19, 10.14 1.13(b) Briefs: At final hearing in inter partes case..... Failure of appellant to file brief on appeal........... Failure of inter partes plaintiff to file brief at final hearing. Failure to file brief on inter partes motion......... On appeal to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board........... On petitions to Commissioner..... Burden of proof in an interference..... 2.2.128 .... 2.142(b) .2.128(a)(3) 2.127(a) ......... 2.142(b) 2.127 2.146(c), (e)(2) 2.96 Business with Patent and Trademark Office to be conducted with decorum and courtesy......... Business with Patent and Trademark Office transacted in writing............ 1.3 1.2 c Cancellation of registrations: By cancellation proceeding-pleadings and procedure.................. See also Petition for Cancellation By registrant........ For failure to file affidavit or declaration of use under sec. 8... 2.111 et seq. 2.134, 2.172 ......2.161-2.166 .2.134(b) Section Cases not specifically defined in rules, petition to the Commissioner....2.146(a)(4) Notice of election by appellee to proceed by civil action after appeal to U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit................................................ Suspension of action in application pending outcome... .2.145(c)(1) 2.145(c)(3) 2.67 2.117 Time for commencing civil action from decision of Commissioner or .2.145(d) Waiver of right to proceed by civil action in ex parte case.......... ...2.145(c)(2) Civil procedure, Federal rules, applied to inter partes proceedings...... 2.116(a) Claim of benefits of Act of 1946 for marks registered under prior acts...2.153– Communications to be addressed to the Commissioner of Patents and 2.87 .6.1-6.4 2.44 ...2.87 .2.101(a) 2.111(a) .1.1 2.146(a)(5), 2.148 Communication with attorney or other representative..................................... 1.1 2.18 Answer to notice of concurrent use proceeding, by whom and when......... 2.99(d) Section Application requirements......... Based upon court determination...... Burden of proving entitlement to...... Examination by Examiner....... Mark must first by published for opposition purposes. Notice of concurrent use proceeding..... 2.42 .2.99(f) .2.99(e) 2.99 (a), (b) ..2.99(c) 2.99 (c), (d) Registrations and applications to register on Supplemental Register and registrations under Act of 1920 not subject to........... Conference, pre-trial, in inter partes cases... Conference, telephone, in inter partes cases... Consent of applicant to withdrawal of opposition after answer. 2.99(g) 2.120(i)(2) 2.120(i)(1) 2.83, 2.91 2.106(c) 2.135 Section Consent of petitioner to surrender or voluntary cancellation of registration................ Consent of registrant to withdrawal of cancellation after answer........ Times for filing briefs............ Consolidated inter partes proceedings: Times for taking testimony. Contested or inter partes cases.. Copies of registrations and records...... .2.134 .2.114(c) 2.128(a)(2) 2.121(b)(2) ...2.116 et seq. Correction of mistake in certificate of registration: Mistake by Patent and Trademark Office.......... Mistake by registrant............... Correspondence held with attorney or other representative........... .2.106(b)(2)(i), 2.114(b)(2)(i) 1.24 ......... 2.99(f) Court determination as basis for concurrent use registration............ D Date of first use and first use in commerce... .2.145 2.33, 2.39 Date of use allegation in application or registration not evidence on ..2.122(b)(2) 2.20 Default judgment for failure to offer evidence in inter partes proceed When to file with Trademark Trail and Appeal Board......................................... Depositions, discovery or trial testimony, upon written questions.. Depositions, trial testimony.. ..... 2.120(b) .2.120(c) (1), (2) .2.120(e) 2.120(b) .2.120(j) 2.120(j)(8) ...2.124 .2.123 |