Trademark Technical and Conforming Amendments
The United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") is amending the Rules of Practice in Trademark Cases to implement the Trademark Technical and Conforming Amendment Act of 2010. The rule changes harmonize the framework for submitting trademark registration maintenance filings to the USPTO by permitting holders of international registrations with an extension of protection to the United States under the Madrid Protocol ("Madrid Protocol registrants") to file Affidavits or Declarations of Use or Excusable Nonuse at intervals identical to those for nationally issued registrations. The changes additionally allow all trademark owners to cure deficiencies in their maintenance filings, including when the affidavit or declaration is not filed in the name of the owner of the registration.
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- www.federalregister.gov/documents/2010/06/24/2010-15305/trademark-technical-and-conforming-amendments (permanent link in the Federal Register, verified 2026-09-30)
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- 2010-06-24
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- USPTO documents published in the Federal Register (Federal Register API)(retrieved 2026-10-06)
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- Trademark Technical and Conforming Amendments
- 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
- Extension of Comment Period for Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Changes in Requirements for Specimens and for Affidavits or Declarations of Continued Use or Excusable Nonuse in Trademark Cases
- Rules of Practice for Trademark-Related Filings Under the Madrid Protocol Implementation Act
- Rules of Practice for Trademark-Related Filings Under the Madrid Protocol Implementation Act
- Changes in Requirements for Affidavits or Declarations of Use, Continued Use, or Excusable Nonuse in Trademark Cases
- Changes in Post-Registration Audit Selection for Affidavits or Declarations of Use, Continued Use, or Excusable Nonuse in Trademark Cases
- Changes in Requirements for Affidavits or Declarations of Use, Continued Use, or Excusable Nonuse in Trademark Cases
- Changes to the Trademark Rules of Practice To Mandate Electronic Filing
- Changes to the Trademark Rules of Practice To Mandate Electronic Filing
- Request for Comments on Proposed Change To Missing Parts Practice
- Requirement of U.S. Licensed Attorney for Foreign Trademark Applicants and Registrants
- Miscellaneous Changes to Trademark Rules of Practice and the Rules of Practice in Filings Pursuant to the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks
- Miscellaneous Changes to Trademark Rules of Practice and the Rules of Practice in Filings Pursuant to the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks
- Revisions To Implement the Patent Term Adjustment Provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act Technical Corrections Act