International Trademark Classification Changes

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has published a final trademark rule regarding incorporating classification changes adopted by the Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks. These changes became effective January 1, 2012, and are listed in the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks (10th ed., 2011), which is published by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). In addition, the USPTO is amending some punctuation and grammar to conform to what appears in the Nice Agreement. Read the changes in the August 9, 2012 Federal Register for Trademarks at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-08-09/html/2012-19568.htm .