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RIN: 0651-AB00

Publication ID: Spring 1999

Title: Trademark Law Treaty Implementation Rules Changes
Abstract: The purpose of the rules change is to implement the Trademark Law Treaty (TLT) and the Trademark Law Treaty Implementation Act, Pub. L. 105-330, 112 Stat. 3064 (15 U.S.C. 1051), and to otherwise simplify and clarify procedures for registering trademarks and for maintaining and renewing trademark registrations. The purpose of TLT is to make the procedural requirements of the different international trademark offices more consistent by limiting the requirements that each country can set for trademark applications, trademark application filing dates, renewal applications, recording assignments, changing names and addresses, powers of attorney, and signatures.
Agency: Department of Commerce(DOC)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 37 CFR 2.6 37 CFR 2.20 to 2.21 37 CFR 2.31 to 2.35 37 CFR 2.37 to 2.39 37 CFR 2.45 37 CFR 2.51 to 2.59 37 CFR 2.66 37 CFR 2.71 to 2.72 37 CFR 2.76 37 CFR 2.86 37 CFR 2.88 to 2.89 37 CFR 2.160 to 2.168 37 CFR 2.181 to 2.186 37 CFR 3.1 to 3.16 37 CFR 3.24 to 3.25 ... (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)
Legal Authority: 15 USC 1123 35 USC 6

Legal Deadline:

Action	Source	Description	Date
NPRM	Statutory		03/01/1999
Final	Statutory	Rules implement statutory changes that become effective October 30, 1999.	10/30/1999

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	04/00/1999

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
Agency Contact: Mary E. Hannon Attorney Advisor Department of Commerce Patent and Trademark Office P.O. Box 1451, Alexandria, VA 22313-1451 Phone:571 272-9569 Fax:571 273-9569 Email: mary.hannon@uspto.gov