To Trademark Owners and Practitioners:
We contacted the TTAB on March 14 to inquire whether the Board has decided to extend the deadline for submission of comments and to hold a public hearing. We were told that the Board has not yet decided whether to extend the deadline or hold a public hearing.
Accordingly, anyone interested in commenting on the January 17, 2006 Rules package should assume that the March 20, 2006 deadline is the final deadline for submission of comments, and forward their written comments to: AB56Comments@uspto.gov , as this may be the only opportunity to inform the Board of your views.
At a minimum, we encourage trademark practitioners to submit a comment urging the TTAB to extend the time period and hold a public hearing so that the impact of the new Rules can be fully considered before they are implemented.
Jeffrey H. Kaufman
for the Trademark Practice Group
Oblon, Spivak
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