---identifier: "/us/cfr/t37/s2.69"source: "ecfr"legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"title: "37 CFR § 2.69 - Compliance with other laws."title_number: 37title_name: "Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights"section_number: "2.69"section_name: "Compliance with other laws."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/s2.69
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.
# 2.69 Compliance with other laws.When the sale or transportation of any product for which registration of a trademark is sought is regulated under an Act of Congress, the Patent and Trademark Office may make appropriate inquiry as to compliance with such Act for the sole purpose of determining lawfulness of the commerce recited in the application.[54 FR 37592, Sept. 11, 1989]