§ 280.724 - Change in status of trademark registration or amendment of the trademark.

(a) The Commissioner shall designate the certificate of recordal as inactive, upon:

(1) Issuance of a final decision on appeal which refuses registration of the application which formed the basis for the certificate of recordal; or

(2) Abandonment of the application which formed the basis for the certificate of recordal; or

(3) Cancellation or expiration of the trademark registration which formed the basis of the certificate of recordal.

(b) Any amendment of the mark in a trademark application or registration which forms the basis for a certificate of recordal will result in such certificate of recordal being designated inactive. The certificate of recordal shall become inactive as of the date of the amendment of the trademark. A new application for recordal of the amended trademark application or registration may be submitted to the Commissioner at any time.

(c) Certificates of recordal designated inactive due to cancellation, expiration, abandonment or amendment of the trademark application or registration cannot be reactivated.