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04 July 2019 |
Kingsley Egbuonu, London
Non-US domiciled trademark applicants, registrants and parties to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board proceedings will have to be represented by a US-qualified lawyer
The new rules were announced on July 2 and will come into force on August 3.
According to the USPTO, the rules will help safeguard the "accuracy and integrity" of its trademark register.
It also pointed out that other trademark offices require foreign-domiciled applicants to use local representation for filing.
“Many other countries worldwide have had this requirement for decades,” said USPTO commissioner for trademarks, Mary Boney Denison, in a press release.
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