Contents

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• Foreword

• Introduction

• Contents

• Changes in TMEP Eighth Edition

• Instructions Regarding TMEP 8th Edition

• Chapters:
  
  100 General Information
  200 Application Filing Date
  300 Filing and Receipt of Documents
  400 Processing Documents and Fees
  500 Change of Ownership
  600 Attorney, Representative, and Signature
  700 Procedure for Examining Applications
  800 Application Requirements
  900 Use in Commerce
  1000 Applications Under Section 44
  1100 Intent-to-Use Applications and Requests to Divide
  1200 Substantive Examination of Applications
  1300 Service Marks, Collective Marks, and Certification Marks
  1400 Classification and Identification of Goods and Services
  1500 Post-Examination Procedures
  1600 Registration and Post-Registration Procedures
  1700 Petitions, Requests for Reinstatement, and Other Matters Submitted to Director
  1800 Public Inquiries about Applications and Registrations
  1900 Madrid Protocol

• Appendix A EXAMINING ATTORNEYS’ APPEAL BRIEFS

• Appendix B MEMBERS OF INTERNATIONAL TRADEMARK AGREEMENTS

• Appendix C NOTES OF OTHER STATUTES

• Appendix D FOREIGN ENTITIES

• Appendix E COUNTRIES THAT HAVE STANDARD CHARACTER MARKS OR THE EQUIVALENT

• Index