Changes in the Requirements for Amendment and Correction of Trademark Registrations
The United States Patent and Trademark Office ("Office") is amending its rules to eliminate the requirement that a request for amendment or correction of a registration be accompanied by the original certificate of registration or a certified copy thereof, and the requirement that an application to surrender a registration for cancellation be accompanied by the original certificate or a certified copy.
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- Read the news
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- Current entry point
- www.federalregister.gov/documents/2004/08/19/04-19016/changes-in-the-requirements-for-amendment-and-correction-of-trademark-registrations (permanent link in the Federal Register, verified 2026-09-30)
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- Published
- 2004-08-19
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- Rule
- Source
- USPTO documents published in the Federal Register (Federal Register API)(retrieved 2026-10-06)
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- Changes in Requirements for Collective Trademarks and Service Marks, Collective Membership Marks, and Certification Marks
- Changes To Implement the First Inventor To File Provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act
- Trademark Technical and Conforming Amendments
- Changes To Facilitate Applicant's Authorization of Access to Unpublished U.S. Patent Applications by Foreign Intellectual Property Offices
- Changes To Information Disclosure Statement Requirements and Other Related Matters
- Changes in Requirements for Specimens and for Affidavits or Declarations of Continued Use or Excusable Nonuse in Trademark Cases
- Changes in Requirements for Specimens and for Affidavits or Declarations of Continued Use or Excusable Nonuse in Trademark Cases
- Provisions for Claiming the Benefit of a Provisional Application With a Non-English Specification and Other Miscellaneous Matters
- 1996 Changes to Patent Practice and Procedure
- Request for Continued Examination Practice and Changes to Provisional Application Practice
- New Mailing Addresses for Paper Submissions of Trademark-Related Correspondence and Madrid Protocol Rules Change
- Provisions for Persons Granted Limited Recognition To Prosecute Patent Applications and Other Miscellaneous Matters