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Changes in Post-Registration Audit Selection for Affidavits or Declarations of Use, Continued Use, or Excusable Nonuse in Trademark Cases
The Patent and Trademark Office published this final rule in the Federal Register on October 28, 2024. It took effect on October 28, 2024.
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What the agency says
To promote the accuracy and integrity of the trademark register, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO or Office) is amending its practice concerning the selection of registrations for audit during the post-registration maintenance process. When the USPTO implemented its audit program in 2017, it announced that it would conduct random audits of certain affidavits or declarations filed each year. To promote the accuracy and integrity of the trademark register, the USPTO is adding additional directed audits to its practice.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-24755
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Policy update
- Agency
- Commerce Department; Patent and Trademark Office
- Published
- October 28, 2024
- Takes effect
- October 28, 2024
- Dates
- Effective date: This policy change is effective October 28, 2024.
- Docket
- Docket No. PTO-T-2024-0043
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 37 CFR 2; 37 CFR 7
- Pages
- 3
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