106.01 Identification of Submissions
A submission filed in a proceeding before the Board should bear at its top the heading "IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE BEFORE THE TRADEMARK TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD," followed by the caption identifying the parties’ names and the number of the inter partes proceeding (or, in the case of an ex parte appeal, or an extension of time to oppose, the application) to which it relates. [ Note 1.] The document should also include a title describing its nature, e.g., "Notice of Opposition," "Answer," "Motion to Compel," "Brief in Opposition to Respondent’s Motion for Summary Judgment," or "Notice of Reliance."
Documents filed in an application which is the subject of an inter partes proceeding before the Board should be filed with the Board, not the Trademark Operation, and should bear at the top of the first page both the application serial number, and the inter partes proceeding number and caption. Similarly, requests under Trademark Act § 7, 15 U.S.C. § 1057, to amend, correct, or surrender a registration which is the subject of a Board inter partes proceeding, and any new power of attorney, designation of domestic representative, or change of address submitted in connection with such a registration, should be filed with the Board, not with the Trademark Operation, and should bear at the top of its first page the registration number, and the inter partes proceeding number and the proceeding caption. [ Note 2.]
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