🌍New Trademark Replacement Rules Align with Madrid Protocol
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issues this final rule to implement an amendment to the Regulations under the Protocol Relating to the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks (Madrid Protocol) adopted by the Madrid Union Assembly that went into effect on February 1, 2021, with a delayed implementation date of February 1, 2025. This final rule modifies U.S. trademark regulations addressing the replacement of a national registration or registrations by an international registration to allow for submission of partial replacement requests, in alignment with the Madrid Protocol, and to require a listing of the goods and/or services for which replacement is requested.
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Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission ("Commission") has determined to issue a limited exclusion order ("LEO") barring entry of certain eye cosmetics and packaging therefor that are imported by or on behalf of the following respondents previously found in default: Kaibeauty of Taipei City, Taiwan; I'll Global Co., Ltd of Seoul, South Korea; Hikari Laboratories, Ltd. of Bnei Atarot, Israel; and Kelz Beauty of Budapest, Hungary (collectively, "the Defaulting Respondents"). The investigation is terminated.
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