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DOC/PTO RIN: 0651-AB56 Publication ID: Fall 2007 
Title: Miscellaneous Changes to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Rules 
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: Completed Actions 
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    37 CFR 2.122(d)   
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  08/01/2007  72 FR 42242   
Final Action Effective  11/01/2007  72 FR 42242   
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Gerard F. Rogers
Chief Administrative Trademark Judge
Department of Commerce
Patent and Trademark Office
P.O. Box 1451,
Alexandria, VA 22313-1451
Phone:571 272-4299
Fax:571 273-4299
Email: gerard.rogers@uspto.gov