RIN Data

DOC/PTO RIN: 0651-AB56 Publication ID: Fall 2006 
Title: Changes in Trademark Rules of Practice in Inter Partes Proceedings Before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board 
Abstract: The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office amends its rules of practice in connection with inter partes proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board to require that plaintiffs serve notice of their claims directly on defendants, to follow the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure insofar as they require disclosure by parties of certain types of discoverable information and pre-trial disclosures, and to permit service of documents by e-mail. 
Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda   Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 37 CFR 2.99(b) to (d)    37 CFR 2.101(a), (b) and (d)    37 CFR 2.105(a) and (c)    37 CFR 2.111(a) to (c)    37 CFR 2.113(a), (c) and (e)    37 CFR 2.116    37 CFR 2.118    37 CFR 2.119(a) and (b)    37 CFR 2.120(a), (d) through (j)    37 CFR 2.121(a), (d) and (e)    37 CFR 2.123(e)    37 CFR 2.126 (a) and (b)    37 CFR 2.127(a), (c) and (e)    37 CFR 2.129(a)    37 CFR 2.133 (a) and (b)    37 CFR 2.142(e)    37 CFR 2.173(a)    37 CFR 2.176   
Legal Authority: 15 USC 1067    35 USC 2(8)(2)(A)   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  01/17/2006  71 FR 2498   
NPRM Comment Period End  03/20/2006    
NPRM Comment Period Reopened  03/27/2006  71 FR 15097   
NPRM Reopened Comment Period End  05/04/2006    
Final Action  12/00/2006    
Final Action Effective  02/00/2007    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
Agency Contact:
Mr, Gerard F. Rogers
Administrative Judge
Department of Commerce
Patent and Trademark Office
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, 600 Dulany Street,
Alexandria, VA 22313
Phone:571 272-4299
Fax:571 273-0059
Email: gerard.rogers@uspto.gov