37 C.F.R. § 2.112

Contents of petition for cancellation

Read at: eCFRecfr.gov CornellLII GovInfogovinfo.gov CasesGoogle Scholar

(a) The petition for cancellation must set forth a short and plain statement showing why the petitioner believes he, she or it is or will be damaged by the registration, state the ground for cancellation, and indicate, to the best of petitioner's knowledge, the name and address, and a current email address(es), of the current owner of the registration. ESTTA requires the petitioner to select relevant grounds for petition to cancel. The required accompanying statement supports and explains the grounds.

(b) When appropriate, petitions for cancellation of different registrations owned by the same party may be joined in a consolidated petition for cancellation. The required fee must be included for each party joined as a petitioner for each class sought to be cancelled in each registration against which the petition for cancellation has been filed.

[81 FR 69974, Oct. 7, 2016]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1981–1998 · leading case: Selva & Sons, Inc. v. Nina Footwear, Inc., 705 F.2d 1316 (Fed. Cir. 1983).

Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment

Selva & Sons, Inc. v. Nina Footwear, Inc., 705 F.2d 1316 (Fed. Cir. 1983). “37 CFR 2.112 commands that a petition for cancellation “set forth a short and plain statement showing how the petitioner is or will be damaged by the registration.”

King Auto., Inc. v. Speedy Muffler King, Inc., 667 F.2d 1008 (C.C.P.A. 1981). “In this regard, we note that the requirements of 37 CFR 2.112 generally parallel Fed.R.Civ.”

John v. Young v. Agb Corp., 152 F.3d 1377 (Fed. Cir. 1998). “112 (a) (1997) (“The petition to cancel must set forth a short and plain statement showing why the petitioner believes it is or will be damaged by the registration [and] state the grounds for cancellation ....”) (emphasis added); id.”

Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.