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37 CFR § 2.24 - Designation and revocation of domestic representative by foreign applicant.

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title: "37 CFR § 2.24 - Designation and revocation of domestic representative by foreign applicant."
title_number: 37
title_name: "Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights"
section_number: "2.24"
section_name: "Designation and revocation of domestic representative by foreign applicant."
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
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authority: "15 U.S.C. 1113, 1123; 35 U.S.C. 2; sec. 10, Pub. L. 112-29, 125 Stat. 284; Pub. L. 116-260, 134 Stat. 1182, unless otherwise noted. Sec. 2.99 also issued under secs. 16, 17, 60 Stat. 434; 15 U.S.C. 1066, 1067."
regulatory_source: "30 FR 13193, Oct. 16, 1965, unless otherwise noted."
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# 2.24 Designation and revocation of domestic representative by foreign applicant.

(a) An applicant or registrant that is not domiciled in the United States may designate a domestic representative (*i.e.,* a person residing in the United States on whom notices or process in proceedings affecting the mark may be served).

(b) The designation, or a request to change or revoke a designation, must set forth the name, email address, and postal address of the domestic representative and be signed pursuant to § 2.193(e)(8).

(c) The mere designation of a domestic representative does not authorize the person designated to represent the applicant or registrant.

[84 FR 37094, July 31, 2019]