Intellectual Property Research: Trademark Regulations & Administrative Materials

Call Number: KF70.A3
Official version of the C.F.R. Each title is updated annually on a rotating basis: 28-41 are revised as of July 1. However, it is not unusual for the publication of Title 37 to be delayed.

Use these links to access regularly updated versions of the C.F.R. from the GPO's e-CFR website, Westlaw, Lexis, or Cornell LII. A log-in is required for Westlaw or Lexis, but these databases contain helpful annotations.

Historical versions of the C.F.R. from 1938-2011.

The manual describes current practice and procedure for litigating cases before TTAB under the applicable authority, including the Trademark Act, the Trademark Rules of Practice, the Federal Rules (where applicable), and precedential case law.

The USPTO assigns all marks containing design figurative elements a 6-digit numerical code(s) for searching purposes. This manual indexes the categories, divisions, and sections that make up these codes. For example, a single five-pointed star would be coded in category 01 (celestial bodies, natural phenomena and geographical maps), division 01 (stars, comets) and section 03 (single star with five points), resulting in a complete design code of 01.01.03. The design search code manual also contains explanatory notes and specific guidelines that provide instructions for specific code sections, cross-reference notes that direct users to other code categories, sections and divisions, and notes describing elements that are included or excluded from a code section.

The TTAB is an administrative board that hears and decides adversary proceedings between two parties, namely, oppositions (party opposes a mark after publication in the Official Gazette ) and cancellations (party seeks to cancel an existing registration). The TTAB also handles interference and concurrent use proceedings, as well as appeals of final refusals issued by USPTO Trademark Examining Attorneys within the course of the prosecution of trademark applications. The USPTO's home page for the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board contains links to rules, policies, notices, decisions, and other TTAB information.

USPTO database of dockets and documents from trademark appeals before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.

USPTO database containing TTAB decisions. Does not contain full dockets, but provides more searching options than TTABVUE, including precedential/non-precedential status, issue and outcome.

The manual describes current practice and procedure for litigating cases before TTAB under the applicable authority, including the Trademark Act, the Trademark Rules of Practice, the Federal Rules (where applicable), and precedential case law.