Changes in Requirements for Collective Trademarks and Service Marks, Collective Membership Marks, and Certification Marks
The United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") proposes to amend the rules related to collective trademarks, collective service marks, and collective membership marks (together "collective marks"), and certification marks to clarify application requirements, allegations of use requirements, multiple-class application requirements, and registration maintenance requirements for such marks. These proposed rule changes will codify current USPTO practice set forth in the USPTO's "Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure" ("TMEP") and precedential case law. These changes also will permit the USPTO to provide the public more detailed guidance regarding registering and maintaining registrations for these types of marks and will promote the efficient and consistent processing of such marks. Further, the USPTO proposes to amend several rules beyond those related to collective marks and certification marks to create consistency with rule changes regarding such marks and to streamline the rules, by consolidating text and incorporating headings, for easier use.
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- Read the news
- Patent or trademark
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- Legacy system
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- Current entry point
- www.federalregister.gov/documents/2014/02/20/2014-03256/changes-in-requirements-for-collective-trademarks-and-service-marks-collective-membership-marks-and (permanent link in the Federal Register, verified 2026-09-30)
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- Published
- 2014-02-20
- Document type
- Proposed Rule
- Source
- USPTO documents published in the Federal Register (Federal Register API)(retrieved 2026-10-06)
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Related entry points
- Changes in Requirements for Collective Trademarks and Service Marks, Collective Membership Marks, and Certification Marks
- Revival of Abandoned Applications, Reinstatement of Abandoned Applications and Cancelled or Expired Registrations, and Petitions to the Director
- Revival of Abandoned Applications, Reinstatement of Abandoned Applications and Cancelled or Expired Registrations, and Petitions to the Director
- Miscellaneous Changes to Trademark Rules of Practice
- Electronic Submission of a Sequence Listing, a Large Table, or a Computer Program Listing Appendix in Patent Applications
- Disclaimer Practice in Patents and Patent Applications
- Changes to the Representation of Others Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office
- Changes To Implement the Patent Law Treaty
- Changes To Permit Delayed Submission of Certain Requirements for Prioritized Examination
- Changes To Practice for Continuing Applications, Requests for Continued Examination Practice, and Applications Containing Patentably Indistinct Claims
- Changes to the Trademark Rules of Practice To Mandate Electronic Filing
- Changes in Requirements for Affidavits or Declarations of Use, Continued Use, or Excusable Nonuse in Trademark Cases
- Requirements To Receive a Reduced Fee for Filing an Application Through the Trademark Electronic Application System
- 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
- Changes to Permit Delayed Submission of Certain Requirements for Prioritized Examination
- Changes To Implement the Prioritized Examination Track (Track I) of the Enhanced Examination Timing Control Procedures