Trademarks > Trademark Examination Guides, Notes and Announcements

The following notices were issued subsequent to the publication of the Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (5th ed., Sept. 2007), and will be incorporated in the next edition. Examination guides and rules changes issued prior to September 30, 2007 have been incorporated in and/or superseded by the 5th edition.

Examination Guides and Notices

• Examination Guide NO. 4-08 Letters of Protest in Pending Trademark Applications (21Nov2008)
• Examination Guide NO. 3-08 Examination Procedures for Identifications of Goods and Services in Applications under Trademark Act Section 66(a) pursuant to the Madrid Protocol (02July2008)
• Examination Guide NO. 2-08 Examination Procedures for the Description of the Mark Requirement in Trademark Rule 2.37(08May2008)
• Examination Guide NO. 1-08 The Doctrine of Foreign Equivalents and Likelihood of Confusion (05May2008)
• Examination Guide NO. 2-07 Section 2(b) - Flags and Government Insignia(27Nov2007)

Rules Changes

• Summary of Miscellaneous Changes to Trademark Rules Effective January 16, 2009
• Miscellaneous Changes to Trademark Rules of Practice - Final Rule (17Nov2008)
• Changes in the Requirement for a Description of the Mark in Trademark Applications - Final Rule (14Mar2008) [PDF]

 

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