Draft Practice Tip Now Available for Comment

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Draft Practice Tip: Section 2(d) and Foreign Entity Designations

In response to stakeholder feedback, a draft of a new Practice Tip, “Section 2(d) and Foreign Entity Designations: When Different Entity Terminology Identifies the Same Owner,” is now available for comment on IdeaScale. The draft contains a link to the IdeaScale website where you can post comments.

This Practice Tip addresses when an examining attorney may presume that an applicant owns a conflicting prior registration or application, despite differences in the terminology used to identify the owner’s entity type in the respective records. 

Please submit all feedback on the draft by November 20, 2017. For assistance using IdeaScale, see our updated How to Use IdeaScale page.