§ 2.191 - Action of the Office based on the written record.

§ 2.191 Business to be transacted in writing.

Cross Reference

Link to an amendment published at 84 FR 37096, July 31, 2019.

Cross Reference

This amendment was delayed until Dec. 21, 2019, at 84 FR 52363, Oct. 2, 2019.

Cross Reference

This amendment was further delayed until Feb. 15, 2020 at 84 FR 69330, December 18, 2019.

Action of the Office based on the written record.

All business with the Office should must be transacted in writing. The personal appearance of applicants or their representatives at the Office is unnecessary. The action of the Office will be based exclusively on the written record. No attention consideration will be paid given to any alleged oral promise, stipulation, or understanding in relation to which when there is disagreement or doubt. The Office encourages parties to file documents through TEAS wherever possible, and mandates that documents in proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board be filed through ESTTA.

[81 FR 69987, Oct. 7, 2016[84 FR 37096, July 31, 2019]