[E-trademarks] Fw: USPTO Trademark Alert: TTAB Changes Deadline for Answer in Board Proceeding to 60 Days

Wed Sep 10 11:20:40 UTC 2025

Thanks to @John L. Welch (john.welch at wolfgreenfield.com)<mailto:john.welch at wolfgreenfield.com> as always for the posting. Curious to see if the Board will also amend other filing requirements to comply with Madrid. For example, Trademark Rule 2.107 contains a number of special provisions that essentially limit Madrid oppositions to the information contained in the ESTTA cover sheet. https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-37/chapter-I/subchapter-A/part-2/subject-group-ECFR3f497ef2be4407c/section-2.107

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Effective September 4, 2025, the TTAB has set the time for filing an Answer in a Board proceeding to 60 days. The Federal Register notice may be found here. The TTAB e-mail alert is set forth below. Change in initial time set to file an answer in a ...
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Effective September 4, 2025, the TTAB has set the time for filing an Answer in a Board proceeding to 60 days. The Federal Register notice may be found here<https://links-1.govdelivery.com/CL0/https:%2F%2Fwww.federalregister.gov%2Fd%2F2025-16930%3Futm_campaign=subscriptioncenter%26utm_content=%26utm_medium=email%26utm_name=%26utm_source=govdelivery%26utm_term=/1/010001991f0dc47b-1d44467c-2472-4fe7-9245-68d01d23baf5-000000/96c5qoMegEx1wNZX6g5rv981Hp09kI0kiHrsOvtuq4o=421>. The TTAB e-mail alert is set forth below.

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Change in initial time set to file an answer in a trial case before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB)

The TTAB is changing the initial time set to file an answer in its trial cases from 40 days to 60 days. Trial cases before the TTAB include oppositions and petitions to cancel.

This change is effective for TTAB institution orders issued on and after September 4, 2025. TTAB institution orders notify the parties of the commencement of a trial case.

Background

When a trial case commences, the TTAB issues a notification to the parties instituting the proceeding. The order sets out the trial schedule, including the time to file an answer. Traditionally, the TTAB set the initial time to answer as 40 days.

The United States is a member of the Madrid Protocol, an international treaty set up to simplify the international trademark registration process. Madrid Regulation Rule 17(2)(vii) requires a minimum 60 days response period for responding to an opposition.

Accordingly, the TTAB is changing the time to file an answer from 40 days to 60 days for consistency of expectations and docket management.

Learn more in the Federal Register Notice.

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