Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
About the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB)
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 Chief Administrative Trademark Judge is Gerard F. Rogers.
The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Manual of Procedure (TBMP)
The TBMP provides practitioners with basic information generally useful for litigating cases before the TTAB. The manual does not modify, amend, or serve as a substitute for any existing statutes, rules, or decisional law and is not binding upon the TTAB, its reviewing courts, the Director of the USPTO, or any part of the USPTO. Rather, the TBMP merely describes current practice and procedure under the applicable authority, as of the manual’s issue date.
The most recent version of the TBMP, the 3rd edition issued in May 2011, may be accessed from the TTAB website under “Policy and Procedure.” For archival purposes, the 2nd edition of the TBMP, which issued in 2004, is posted there as well; however, users must bear in mind that the 2nd edition is useful only for inter partes cases commenced prior to November 1, 2007.
Electronic System for Trademark Trial and Appeals (ESTTA)
Use ESTTA to institute new TTAB proceedings and file documents in existing TTAB proceedings on-line.
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Inquiry System (TTABVUE)
Use TTABVUE to view a TTAB proceeding file by entering the proceeding number, or search for proceedings by application number, registration number, mark, party, correspondent.
Contact Information
Phone: 571-272-8500
FAX: 571-273-0059 (New Appeals for Ex Parte Proceedings ONLY)
Official Mailing Address:
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
P.O. Box 1451 Alexandria, VA 22313-1451
For delivery via FedEx, UPS, etc. :
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Madison East, Concourse Level Room C 55
600 Dulany Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
