The Trademark Modernization Act: Implementing changes to protect brand owners

Published on: 12/17/2021 10:06 AM

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The Trademark Modernization Act: Implementing changes to protect brand owners

Guest blog by David Gooder, Commissioner for Trademarks

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On November 17, we published the final rule to implement provisions of the Trademark Modernization Act (TMA), which provides trademark owners with powerful new tools to protect their brands and enables the USPTO to strengthen the integrity of the U.S. trademark register. While you can read more about these changes on our Trademark Modernization Act page, in this blog, I’d like to specifically highlight how the public helped us shape these provisions.

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