PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ISSUES RULE: PARTIAL REPLACEMENT OF AN EARLIER NATIONAL REGISTRATION OR REGISTRATIONS BY AN INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION

WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Patent and Trademark Office has issued a rule called: Partial Replacement of an Earlier National Registration or Registrations by an International Registration.

The rule was published in the Federal Register on June 2 by Coke Morgan Stewart, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Acting Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Summary: 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 implem...