---identifier: "/us/cfr/t37/s2.43"source: "ecfr"legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"title: "37 CFR § 2.43 - Service mark."title_number: 37title_name: "Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights"section_number: "2.43"section_name: "Service mark."chapter_name: "UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"subchapter_number: "A"subchapter_name: "GENERAL"part_number: "2"part_name: "RULES OF PRACTICE IN TRADEMARK CASES"positive_law: falsecurrency: "2026-03-24"last_updated: "2026-03-24"format_version: "1.1.0"generator: "[email protected]"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."cfr_part: "2"---
Identifier
/us/cfr/t37/s2.43
Currency
2026-03-24
Positive Law
No
Updated
2026-03-24
Chapter
United States Patent and Trademark Office, Department of Commerce
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. 10... 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.
# 2.43 Service mark.In an application to register a service mark, the application shall specify and contain all the elements required by the preceding sections for trademarks, but shall be modified to relate to services instead of to goods wherever necessary.(Sec. 3, 60 Stat. 429; 15 U.S.C. 1052)