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1906.01    Recording Changes in International Register

The IB will record changes and other matters concerning international registrations in the International Register.  Such requests are governed by Articles 9 and 9 bis and Common Reg. 25.  Some of the changes that can be recorded in the International Register are:

• Change in ownership of the registration;
• Change of holder’s name and address;
• Change in name or address of holder’s representative;
• Limitation, renunciation, or cancellation of international registration.

Most requests to record changes must be filed with the IB on the IB’s forms, available on the IB website at http://www.wipo.int/madrid/en/.  There are only two limited situations in which a request to record a change may be filed with the IB through the USPTO:

• (1) an assignment that meets the requirements of 37 C.F.R. §7.23(a) ( see TMEP §1906.01(a)(i)); or
• (2) a security interest or other restriction of a holder’s right to dispose of an international registration (or the release of such a restriction) that meets the requirements of 37 C.F.R. §§7.24(a) and (b) ( see TMEP §1906.01(b)).

37 C.F.R. §7.22.