Foreign-Domiciled Applicants and Owners Must Now Use a Registered U.S. Patent Practitioner
The Trademark Office has required foreign-domiciled applicants to be represented by a U.S.-licensed attorney since 2019. As of this summer, the patent side has caught up. The USPTO published a final rule on March 20, 2026, requiring foreign-domiciled applicants and patent owners to be represented by a practitioner registered and in good standing with the […]
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