• Part I. Rules of Practice in the Patent and Trademark Office
  Chapter
  1. Preliminary Rules and Fees
     1. General Information and Correspondence (ss 1:1 to 1:47)
     2. Fees and Payment of Money (ss 1:48 to 1:59)
     3. Rules Applicable to Trademark Cases (ss 1:60 to 1:63)
  2. Representation by Attorneys or Other Authorized Persons
     1. Practice Tips (ss 2:1 to 2:4)
     2. Power of Attorney and Other Representation (ss 2:5 to 2:19)
  3. Declarations
     1. Practice Tips (ss 3:1, 3:2)
     2. Unsworn Declarations Permissible (ss 3:3 to 3:6)
  4. Application for Registration
     1. Practice Tips (ss 4:1 to 4:13)
     2. Formalities (ss 4:14 to 4:27)
  5. The Written Application
     1. Practice Tips--In General (s 5:1)
     2. General Requirements (ss 5:2 to 5:5)
     3. Elements of the Written Application (ss 5:6 to 5:186)
  6. Drawing
     1. Practice Tips (ss 6:1 to 6:6)
     2. Requirements (ss 6:7 to 6:11)
  7. Specimen
     1. Practice Tips (ss 7:1 to 7:6)
     2. Requirements (ss 7:7 to 7:11)
  8. Examination of Application and Response By Applicants
     1. Office Actions and Responses Thereto (ss 8:1 to 8:53)
     2. Reexamination, Final Action and Reconsideration (ss 8:54 to 8:60)
     3. Abandonment, Suspension, Revival and Reinstatement (ss 8:61 to 8:79)
     4. Response to Informal Objection Regarding Compliance with Other U.S. Statutes (ss 8:80 to 8:83)
  9. Amendment of Application
     1. Responding to Informal Objections by Amendment (ss 9:1 to 9:20)
     2. Amendment When Concurrent Use Arises (ss 9:21 to 9:24)
     3. Form of Amendment (ss 9:25 to 9:27)
     4. Converting the Application to a Different Register (ss 9:28 to 9:31)
     5. Amendments in Intent-to-Use Applications (ss 9:32 to 9:41)
  10. Publication, Notice of Allowance, and Post Publication Formalities
      1. Practice Tips (ss 10:1 to 10:6)
      2. Publication and Action after Expiration of Period for Opposition (ss 10:7 to 10:15)
      3. Publication on Supplemental Register (s 10:16)
      4. Post-Publication Formalities (ss 10:17 to 10:21)
  11. Classification of Goods and Services
      1. Practice Tips (ss 11:1 to 11:6)
      2. International and Prior U.S. Systems of Classification of Goods and Services (ss 11:7 to 11:11)
      3. Multiclass as Well as Single Class Applications Permissible (ss 11:12 to 11:15)
      4. Requesting to Divide Multiclass Applications (ss 11:16 to 11:19)
  12. Statement of Use in Intent-to-Use Applications
      1. Practice Tips (ss 12:1 to 12:11)
      2. Filing and Extension of Time for Filing Statement of Use (ss 12:12 to 12:24)
  13. Inter Partes Proceedings
      1. Practice Tips, In General (s 13:1)
      2. Interferences (ss 13:2 to 13:10)
      3. Concurrent Use Proceedings (ss 13:11 to 13:16)
      4. Opposition Proceedings (ss 13:17 to 13:77)
      5. Cancellation Proceedings (ss 13:78 to 13:111)
      6. Procedures in Inter Partes Proceedings (ss 13:112 to 13:226)
  14. Appeals from Decisions on Trademark Registration
      1. Practice Tips--In general (s 14:1)
      2. Ex Parte Appeals to the TTAB from Decisions of the Examiner (ss 14:2 to 14:36)
      3. Appeals to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit from Decisions of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (ss 14:37 to 14:47)
  15. Petitions to the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
      1. Practice Tips (ss 15:1 to 15:8)
      2. Petitions to the Commissioner and Waiver of Certain Rules (ss 15:9 to 15:13)
  16. Certificate of Registration
      1. Practice Tips (s 16:1)
      2. Formalities and Correction of Certificate (ss 16:2 to 16:6)
  17. Publication and Reregistration of Marks Registered under Prior Trademark Acts
      1. Practice Tips (ss 17:1, 17:2)
      2. Publishing Marks Registered under Previous Trademark Acts to Claim Benefits of Current Act (ss 17:3 to 17:7)
      3. New Applications to Reregister Marks Registered under Previous Trademark Acts (s 17:8)
  18. Maintaining the Registration--Affidavits and Declarations of Use and Incontestability
      1. Practice Tips (ss 18:1 to 18:11)
      2. Declaration of Use or Excusable Nonuse (ss 18:12 to 18:30)
      3. Declaration of Incontestability (ss 18:31 to 18:35)
      4. Combined Declaration of Use and Incontestability (ss 18:36 to 18:49)
  19. Post Registration Alterations to Certificate of Registration
      1. Practice Tips (ss 19:1 to 19:4)
      2. New Certificate and Surrender of Certificate (ss 19:5 to 19:9)
      3. Amendment, Disclaimer, and Correction of Certificate (ss 19:10 to 19:20)
  20. Term and Renewal of Registration
      1. Practice Tips (ss 20:1 to 20:9)
      2. Duration (s 20:10)
      3. Renewal (ss 20:11 to 20:26)
  21. Assignment, Recordal, and Rights of Assignee
      1. Practice Tips (ss 21:1 to 21:6)
      2. Definitions and Cross-References to Old Rules (ss 21:7, 21:8)
      3. Recordal of Assignments of Various Documents (ss 21:9 to 21:20)
      4. Requirements for recording (ss 21:21 to 21:25)
      5. Cover Sheet Requirements (ss 21:26 to 21:32)
      6. Fees (s 21:33)
      7. Date and Effect of Recording (ss 21:34 to 21:39)
      8. Domestic Representative (s 21:40)
      9. Prosecution by Assignee (ss 21:41 to 21:44)
• Part II. Civil Litigation of Trademark Disputes in Federal District Court and the I.T.C. under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
  22. Scope of Rules--One Form of Action--Fed. R. Civ. P. I (ss 22:1 to 22:3)
  23. Commencement of Action; Service of Process, Pleadings, Motions, and Orders--Fed. R. Civ. P. II (ss 23:1 to 23:24)
  24. Pleadings and Motions--Fed. R. Civ. P. III (ss 24:1 to 24:75)
  25. Parties--Fed. R. Civ. P. IV (ss 25:1 to 25:26)
  26. Depositions and Discovery--Fed. R. Civ. P. V (ss 26:1 to 26:84)
  27. Trials--Fed. R. Civ. P. VI (ss 27:1 to 27:35)
  28. Judgment--Fed. R. Civ. P. VII (ss 28:1 to 28:67)
  29. Provisional and Final Remedies--Fed. R. Civ. P. VIII (ss 29:1 to 29:54)
  30. Special Proceedings--Fed. R. Civ. P. IX (ss 30:1 to 30:20)
  31. District Courts and Clerks--Fed. R. Civ. P. X (ss 31:1 to 31:5)
  32. General Provisions--Fed. R. Civ. P. XI (ss 32:1 to 32:7)
  33. False Designation of Origin, Seizure of Counterfeit Goods and Trademark Dilution under the Trademark Act (ss 33:1 to 33:40)
  34. Actions for Infringement by Gray Market Goods (ss 34:1 to 34:10)
  35. Actions for Domain Name Dispute Resolution (ss 35:1 to 35:27)
  36. Complaints for Common Law Infringement Brought before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ss 36:1 to 36:11)
• Part III. Appeals to Circuit Courts of Appeal under the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
  37. Appeals from Judgments and Orders of District Courts--Fed. R. App. P. II (ss 37:1 to 37:34)
  38. General Provisions--Fed. R. App. P. VII (ss 38:1 to 38:29)
• Part IV. Writ of Certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court under the Supreme Court Rules
  39. Jurisdiction on Writ of Certiorari--Supreme Court Rules, Part III (ss 39:1 to 39:14)
  40. Motions and Applications--Supreme Court Rules, Part V (ss 40:1, 40:2)
  41. Briefs on the Merits and Oral Argument--Supreme Court Rules, Part VI (ss 41:1 to 41:6)
• Part V. Trademark Counseling
  42. Trademark Availability Opinion Letters (ss 42:1 to 42:10)
  43. Trademark Licenses and Merchandising Agreements (ss 43:1 to 43:15)
  44. Alternatives to Litigation--Cease and Desist Letters and Coexistence Agreements
      1. Practice Tips (ss 44:1, 44:2)
      2. Cease and Desist Letters (ss 44:3 to 44:16)
      3. Agreements to Avoid Oppositions (ss 44:17 to 44:21)
      4. Agreements Settling Oppositions (ss 44:22 to 44:26)
      5. Agreements Settling or to Avoid Civil Litigation (ss 44:27 to 44:30.50)
      6. Licenses and Dealership Agreements to Avoid Civil Litigation (ss 44:31, 44:32)

Appendices
Appendix 1. The Madrid Arrangement Concerning the International Registration of Marks
Appendix 2. Federal Tax Treatment of Trademarks
Appendix 3. Disclosure of Government Information