Recent and Upcoming Statutory and Regulatory Changes

• Final Rule: Changes to Representation of Others before the USPTO [PDF] (03Apr2013)
• International Trademark Classification Changes [TEXT] [PDF] (09Aug2012)
• Changes in Requirements for Specimens and for Affidavits or Declarations of Continued Use or Excusable Nonuse in Trademark Cases [TEXT] [PDF] (22May2012)
• Trademark Technical and Conforming Amendments [TEXT] [PDF] (08Nov2011)
• Extension of Comment Period for Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Changes in Requirements for Specimens and for Affidavits or Declarations of Continued Use or Excusable Nonuse in Trademark Cases [TEXT] [PDF] (09/Sep/2011)
• Changes in Requirements for Specimens and for Affidavits or Declarations of Continued Use or Excusable Nonuse in Trademark Cases [Text] [PDF] (12Jul2011)
• Trademark Technical and Conforming Amendments Interim Final Rule [PDF] (24Jun2010)
• Trademark Technical and Conforming Amendment Act of 2010 (17Mar2010)
• Changes in Requirements for Signature of Documents, Recognition of Representatives, and Establishing and Changing the Correspondence Address in Trademark Cases - Final Rule (26Oct2009)