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Partial Replacement of an Earlier National Registration or Registrations by an International Registration
The Patent and Trademark Office published this final rule in the Federal Register on June 2, 2025. It took effect on July 2, 2025.
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What the agency says
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issues this final rule to implement an amendment to the Regulations under the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (Madrid Protocol) adopted by the Madrid Union Assembly that went into effect on February 1, 2021, with a delayed implementation date of February 1, 2025. This final rule modifies U.S. trademark regulations addressing the replacement of a national registration or registrations by an international registration to allow for submission of partial replacement requests, in alignment with the Madrid Protocol, and to require a listing of the goods and/or services for which replacement is requested.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2025-09916
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule
- Agency
- Commerce Department; Patent and Trademark Office
- Published
- June 2, 2025
- Takes effect
- July 2, 2025
- Dates
- This rule is effective on July 2, 2025.
- Docket
- Docket No. PTO-T-2025-0002
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 0651-AD82
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 37 CFR 7
- Topics
- Administrative practice and procedure; Trademarks
- Pages
- 3
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