Title 15Commerce and TradeRelease 119-73not60

§1141c Restriction, Abandonment, Cancellation, or Expiration of a Basic Application or Basic Registration

Title 15 › Chapter 22— TRADEMARKS › Subchapter IV— THE MADRID PROTOCOL › § 1141c

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Director must tell the International Bureau when the U.S. application or registration that an international filing depends on is limited, given up, canceled, or expires for some or all of the goods or services listed in the international registration. The notice is required if that change happens within 5 years after the international registration date, or later than 5 years if the change came from an action that began before the end of that 5-year period.

Full Legal Text

Title 15, §1141c

Commerce and Trade — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

With respect to an international application transmitted to the International Bureau under section 1141b of this title, the Director shall notify the International Bureau whenever the basic application or basic registration which is the basis for the international application has been restricted, abandoned, or canceled, or has expired, with respect to some or all of the goods and services listed in the international registration—
(1)within 5 years after the international registration date; or
(2)more than 5 years after the international registration date if the restriction, abandonment, or cancellation of the basic application or basic registration resulted from an action that began before the end of that 5-year period.

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Citation

15 U.S.C. § 1141c

Title 15Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60