IP Data Corp. Publications Affected by the:
The Madrid Protocol Implementation
Act of 2002 (MPIA)
The MPIA went into effect on November 2, 2003.
The following publications are affected:Title 37 CFR - New section regarding the Madrid Protocol Implementation Act is included in the January update.
- Title 37 of the Code of Federal Regulations
- Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Manual of Procedure and
- US Code (Title, 15 chapter 22)
TBMP - Information relating to the Madrid Protocol is included in the new Revision 1 (March 2004)
US Code (for Patents, Trademarks and Copyright Laws) Title 15, chapter 22 includes the MPIA changes (2004 edition).
UPDATE NOTES:
- The applicability dates for certain rules in 37 CFR parts 2 and 7, are suspended from November 2, 2003, to November 2, 2004. If this postponement is required to be extended, the USPTO will issue a notice announcing these extensions at least 10 business days before the extensions commence.
- The postponement and waivers are procedural in nature and do not affect any substantive rights.
- DATES: The applicability date for regulations at 37 CFR 2.190(a), 2.198(a)(1), 7.7(a) and (b), 7.11(a) introductory text and (a)(9), 7.14(e), 7.21(b) introductory text and (b)(7) is suspended from November 2, 2003 to November 2, 2004.
