Miscellaneous Changes to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Rules of Practice (US Patent and Trademark Office Regulation) (PTO) (2018 Edition)

Miscellaneous Changes to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Rules of Practice (US Patent and Trademark Office Regulation) (PTO) (2018 Edition) The Law Library presents the complete text of the Miscellaneous Changes to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Rules of Practice (US Patent and Trademark Office Regulation) (PTO) (2018 Edition). Updated as of May 29, 2018 The United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO" or "Office") is amending the Trademark Rules of Practice ("Trademark Rules" or "Rules"), in particular the rules pertinent to practice before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ("Board"), to benefit the public by providing for more efficiency and clarity in inter partes and ex parte proceedings. Certain amendments are directed to reducing the burden on the parties, to conforming the rules to current practice, to updating references that have changed, to reflecting technologic changes, and to ensuring the usage of standard, current terminology. This final rule also furthers strategic objectives of the Office to increase end-to-end electronic processing. This book contains: - The complete text of the Miscellaneous Changes to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Rules of Practice (US Patent and Trademark Office Regulation) (PTO) (2018 Edition) - A table of contents with the page number of each section