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WASHINGTON – The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today announced a new rule requiring all foreign-domiciled trademark applicants, registrants, and parties to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board proceedings to be represented by an attorney who is licensed to practice law in the United States.

情報源: USPTO announces new trademark rule requiring foreign-domiciled applicants and registrants to have a U.S.-licensed attorney | USPTO

外国人の出願や応答に米国弁護士の代理を必要とする新ルールは2019年8月3日施行となります。（This new trademark rule has an effective date of August 3, 2019.）

U.S.-licensed attorneys
Paper and electronic trademark submissions made after the effective date of this rule will require U.S.-licensed attorneys representing applicants, registrants, or parties to provide all of the following:*

• Their name, postal address, and email address
• A statement attesting to their active membership in good standing of a bar of the highest court of a U.S. state, commonwealth, or territory.
• Information concerning their bar membership (state, number if applicable, and year of admission).**

*Electronic submissions are filed online through TEAS.
**Attorney bar information will not be made publicly available.

On July 2, 2019, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published a rule that will have a major impact on foreign (non-U.S. domiciled) trademark applicants, registrants, and parties in inter par

情報源: New USPTO Foreign Trademark Applicant Rules Effective August 3, 2019

USPTO、海外からの商標出願に対して「米国弁護士に代理されなければならない」との要件を追加（JETRO）

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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published a proposal to change federal trademark law (our rules of practice) to require foreign-domiciled tradema

情報源: Proposal to require foreign-domiciled trademark applicants and registrants to use a U.S.-licensed attorney | USPTO

Federal Register: Requirement of U.S. Licensed Attorney for Foreign Trademark Applicants and Registrants

情報源: Federal Register :: Requirement of U.S. Licensed Attorney for Foreign Trademark Applicants and Registrants

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[コメント]米国から見て外国の商標出願人や商標権利者は手続に、本人手続ができなくなり、米国弁護士(州の最高裁に弁護士登録されている者)を雇うことが必須となるとの提案が米国特許商標庁(uspto)から出されており、パブリックコメントが3月18日まで、早ければ今年7月には導入の見込みです。

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