TTAB Rules Canadian Petitioner Must Have U.S. Attorney

In a precedential order, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ruled that a Canadian party to a proceeding before the Board must appoint a qualified attorney licensed to practice law in the United States even if the party has hired a Canadian attorney who has been granted reciprocal recognition by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Waller's Bob Felber further describes, "a reciprocally recognized Canadian attorney or agent may appear only as an 'additionally appointed practitioner.'”

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