Regulations last checked for updates: Feb 09, 2026

Title 37 - Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights last revised: Jan 01, 2026
§ 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)
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
source: 30 FR 13193, Oct. 16, 1965, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 37 CFR 2.43