Go to Wolters Kluwer VitalLaw.comGo to Wolters Kluwer VitalLaw.com
VitalLaw®
  • Find answers to your questions
  • Log in to access your subscriptions
In depth. On point.
In depth. On point.
  • Home
  • Legal Directory
  • Home
  • Legal Directory
In depth. On point.
  • Articles
    • Articles
  • Law Firms
    • Law Firms
  • Organizations
    • Organizations
    • TOP STORY—Bankr. D.N.J.: Licensees can retain trademark rights despite bankrupt cupcake seller’s rejection of licenses
    • COPYRIGHT—S.D.N.Y.: Copyright Act barred claims against dating websites’ for unauthorized use of photos in fake profile
    • LAW FIRM NEWS: Paul Hastings welcomes Ashley Winton to London office
    • PATENT—D. Haw.: Induced infringement claims involving video-on-demand patent dismissed as vague and conclusory
    • PATENT—E.D. Mich.: Federal-Mogul suppliers may have infringed patent for illuminated cup-holder assembly
    • PATENT—PTAB: Examiner’s rejection of large audience display screen patent upheld as anticipated, obvious
    • TECHNOLOGY/INTERNET: ITU working group clears Internet resolutions; India security proposal dropped
    • TRADEMARK NEWS: Theranos seeks ruling that NANOTAINER for blood collection tubes does not infringe BD’s MICROTAINER mark
    • TRADEMARK NEWS: USPTO releases revised Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (TMEP)
    • TRADEMARK—D. Haw.: Infringement claims against Chrysler over ECODIESEL mark voluntarily dismissed
  • Articles
    • Articles
  • Law Firms
    • Law Firms
  • Organizations
    • Organizations

    IP Law Daily, TRADEMARK NEWS: USPTO releases revised Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (TMEP), (Nov 4, 2014)

    The USPTO late last week announced that it has issued the October 2014 version of the Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (TMEP). The update includes precedential case law, new policies, and other changes that have occurred through October 1, 201 ...

    The USPTO late last week announced that it has issued the October 2014 version of the Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (TMEP). The update includes precedential case law, new policies, and other changes that have occurred through October 1, 2014.

    The October TMEP incorporates content from two interim examine guides: the Geographic Certification Marks Examination Guide 2-14 issued in July and the Service-Mark Specimens Exam Guide 3-14 issued in September. A complete index to changes in the October 2014 TMEP is available here.

    The TMEP provides trademark examining attorneys in the USPTO, trademark applicants, and attorneys and representatives for trademark applicants with a reference work on the current law, practices, and procedures relative to prosecution of applications to register marks in the USPTO. The TMEP contains guidelines for examining attorneys and materials in the nature of information and interpretation, and outlines the procedures that examining attorneys are required or authorized to follow in the examination of trademark applications.

    The USPTO also announced that the June 2014 version of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Manual of Procedure (TBMP) is now searchable.

    News: Trademark USPTO

    © 2026 CCH Incorporated and its affiliates and licensors. All rights reserved.

    • Manage Cookie Preferences
    • Privacy Statement
    • Terms of Use