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TMEP 302: Trademark Correspondence and Signature Requirements - In General, Oct. 2017 Ed. (BitLaw)
TMEP 302: Trademark Correspondence and Signature Requirements - In General
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302 Trademark Correspondence and Signature Requirements - In General
37 C.F.R. § 2.193 Trademark correspondence and signature requirements.
(2) Responses, amendments to applications, requests for express abandonment, requests for reconsideration of final actions, and requests to divide. Responses to Office actions, amendments to applications, requests for express abandonment, requests for reconsideration of final actions, and requests to divide must be signed by the owner of the application or registration, someone with legal authority to bind the owner (e.g. a corporate officer or general partner of a partnership), or a practitioner qualified to practice under § 11.14 of this chapter, in accordance with the following guidelines:
(4) Petitions to revive under § 2.66. A petition to revive under § 2.66 must be signed by someone with firsthand knowledge of the facts regarding unintentional delay.
(5) Petitions to Director under § 2.146. A petition to the Director under § 2.146 must be signed by the petitioner, someone with legal authority to bind the petitioner (e.g., a corporate officer or general partner of a partnership), or a practitioner qualified to practice under § 11.14 of this chapter, in accordance with the following guidelines:
(6) Requests for correction, amendment or surrender of registrations. A request for correction, amendment or surrender of a registration must be signed by the owner of the registration, someone with legal authority to bind the owner (e.g., a corporate officer or general partner of a partnership), or a practitioner qualified to practice before the Office under § 11.14 of this chapter. In the case of joint owners who are not represented by a qualified practitioner, all must sign.
(7) Renewal applications. A renewal application must be signed by the registrant or the registrant’s representative.
(8) Designations and revocations of domestic representative. A designation or revocation of a domestic representative must be signed by the applicant or registrant, someone with legal authority to bind the applicant or registrant (e.g., a corporate officer or general partner of a partnership), or a practitioner qualified to practice under § 11.14 of this chapter. In the case of joint applicants or registrants, all must sign.
(9) Requests to change correspondence address in an application or registration. A notice of change of correspondence address in an application or registration must be signed by the applicant or registrant, someone with legal authority to bind the applicant or registrant (e.g., a corporate officer or general partner of a partnership), or a practitioner qualified to practice under § 11.14 of this chapter, in accordance with the following guidelines:
The USPTO recommends that all trademark correspondence be filed through TEAS. See TMEP §301. Trademark correspondence may also be sent through the United States Postal Service ("USPS"), delivered by a courier service, or hand carried to the USPTO. Except for documents listed in TMEP §306.01, correspondence may be transmitted by facsimile ("fax"). (Note that an application for registration of a mark may notbe filed by fax. 37 C.F.R. §§2.195(d)(1), 2.197(a)(2) ). Certain informal communications may be conducted through electronic mail ("e-mail") (TMEP §304.01).
See TMEP §§304–304.03 regarding e-mail, TMEP §§305–305.04 regarding mailing documents to the USPTO, TMEP §§306–306.06 regarding fax transmission, and TMEP §307 regarding hand delivery.
An applicant, registrant, or attorney may sign an official Trademark communication by personally entering a "symbol," comprising any combination of letters, numbers, spaces, and/or punctuation marks, that he or she has adopted as a signature between two forward slashes ("/"). See 37 C.F.R. §2.193(c) and TMEP §611.01(c).
A scanned image of a document with a handwritten signature is also acceptable, as long as the image is attached in.jpg or.pdf format.
The use of an electronic signature under 37 C.F.R. §2.193(c) or an "/s/" notation on a communication constitutes a certification under 37 C.F.R. §11.18(b), and will be understood to mean, that:
(1) The correspondence has been read by the applicant, registrant, or attorney;
(2) The filing of the correspondence is authorized;
(3) To the best of the signatory’s knowledge, information, and belief, formed after an inquiry reasonable under the circumstances, there is good ground to support the correspondence; and
(4) The correspondence is not presented for purposes of delay.
The signatory must personally sign the communication. 37 C.F.R. §2.193(c)(1); see TMEP §§611.01(b), 611.01(c), and 611.02.