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IP/N/1/USA/T/8  
 
4 February 2022  
(22-0857)  Page: 1/2 
Council for Trade -Related Aspects of  
Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS  
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA : TRADEMARK MODERNIZATION ACT OF 2020  
Notifying Member  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title Trademark Modernization Act of 2020  
Subject matter  Trademarks  
Nature of 
notification  [X] Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation  
[  ] Other law or regulation  
Link to legal text* https://ip -documents.info/2022/IP/USA/22_1356_00_e.pdf  
 
Notification status  [  ] First notification  
[X] Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
[  ] Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  IP/N/1/USA/T/7 ; IP/N/1/USA/T/4  
Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
The TMA provides new procedures to challenge federal applications and registrations with bogus or 
inaccurate claims of use. It also provides authority for the USPTO to shorten response deadlines to 
move applications through the system more quickly.  
 
Language(s) of 
notified legal text English  
Entry into force  27 December 2020  
Other date   Issuance by legislature or executive: 27 December 2020  
 
Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  31 January 2022  
Other information   IP/N/1/USA/66 • IP/N/1/USA/T/8  
 
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  Agency or 
authority 
responsible  United States Patent and Trademark Office  
 
 
* Links are provided to texts of laws and regulations notified under the TRIPS Agreement in the form 
supplied by the Member concerned; the WTO Secretariat does not endorse or revise their content.  