A bill to amend the Trademark Act to extend the time for filing oppositions, to eliminate the requirement for filing reasons of appeal in the Patent Office, and to provide for awarding attorneys fees.
PL 93-600 (H.R.8981), enacted 01/02/1975

88 STAT. ] 
PUBLIC LAW 93-600-JAN. 2, 1975 
1955 
acquisition by the United States, or (2) is contiguous to real property 
presently held in trust by the United States for an Oklahoma Indian 
tribe and was at any time held in trust by the United States for an 
Indian tribe." 
Approved January 2, 1975. 
Public Law 93-600 
AN ACT 
To amend the Trademark Act to extend the time for filing oppositions, to elimi-
nate the requirement for filing reasons of appeal in the Patent Office, and to 
provide for awarding attorney fees. 
Be it etiacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assenfibled^ 
SECTION 1. Section 13 of the Trademark Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 427), 
as amended, is amended by deleting the second sentence and substitut-
ing therefor: "Upon written request prior to the expiration of the 
thirty-day period, the time for filing opposition shall be extended for 
an additional thirty days, and further extensions of time for filing 
opposition may be granted by the Commissioner for good cause. The 
Commissioner shall notify the applicant of each extension of the time 
for filing opposition.". 
SEC. 2. Section 21 of the Trademark Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 427), as 
amended, is amended by deleting subsections (2), (3), and (4) from 
paragraph (a) and substituting therefor: 
"(2) Such an appeal to the United States Court of Customs and 
Patent Appeals shall be taken by filing a notice of appeal with the 
Commissioner, within sixty days after the date of the decision appealed 
from or such longer time after said date as the Commissioner appoints. 
The notice of such appeal shall specify the party or parties taking 
the appeal, shall designate the decision or part thereof appealed from, 
and shall state that the appeal is taken to said court. 
"(3) The court shall, before hearing such appeal, give notice of the 
time and place of the hearing to the Commissioner and the parties 
thereto. The Commissioner shall transmit to the couit certified copies 
of all the necessary original papers and evidence in the esse specified 
by the appellant and any additional papers and evidence specified by 
the appellee, and in an ex parte case the Commissioner shall furnish 
the court with a brief explaining the grounds of tlie decision of the 
Patent Office, touching all the points involved in the appeal. 
"(4) The court shall decide such appeal on the evidence produced 
before the Patent Office. The court shall return to the Commissioner a 
certificate of its proceedings and decision, which shall be entered of 
record in the Patent Office and govern further proceedings in the 
case.". 
SEC. 3. Section 35 of the Trademark Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 427), as 
amended, is amended by adding the following sentence at the end 
thereof: "The court in exceptional cases may award reasonable attorney 
fees to the prevailing party.". 
SEC. 4. This Act shall become effective upon enactment, but shall 
not affect any suit, proceeding, or appeal then pending. 
Approved January 2, 1975. 
January 2, 1975 
[H. R. 8981] 
Trademarks. 
Extension for 
filing oppositions. 
15 u s e 1063. 
15 u s e 1071. 
Notice of 
appeal. 
Hearing, notice. 
Attorney fees, 
15 u s e 1117. 
Effective date. 
15 u s e 1063 
note.