---
kind: "section"
citation: "19 C.F.R. § 133.12"
title: "19"
number: "133.12"
heading: "Application to record a trade name."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/19/133.12"
---

# §133.12. Application to record a trade name.


An application to record a trade name shall be in writing addressed to the IPR & Restricted Merchandise Branch, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20229, and shall include the following information:

- (a) The name, complete business address, and citizenship of the trade name owner or owners (if a partnership, the citizenship of each partner; if an association or corporation, the State, country, or other political jurisdiction within which it was organized, incorporated or created);
- (b) The name or trade style to be recorded;
- (c) The name and principal business address of each foreign person or business entity authorized or licensed to use the trade name and a statement as to the use authorized;
- (d) The identity of any parent or subsidiary company, or other foreign company under common ownership or control which uses the trade name abroad (see [§ 133.2(d)](/cfr/19/133.2.md?p=d)); and
- (e) **A description of the merchandise with which the trade name is associated.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[T.D. 72-266, 37 FR 20678, Oct. 3, 1972, as amended by T.D. 91-77, 56 FR 46115, Sept. 10, 1991; T.D. 99-27, 64 FR 13675, Mar. 22, 1999]

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 1124, 1125, 1127; 17 U.S.C. 101, 104, 106, 601, 602, 603; 18 U.S.C. 1905; 19 U.S.C. 66, 1202, 1499, 1526, 1595a, 1623, 1624, 1628a; 31 U.S.C. 9701. Section 133.47 also issued under 17 U.S.C. 1201. Section 133.61 also issued under Sec. 308(d), Pub. L. 114-125; Sec. 507, Pub. L. 108-90; Sec. 2, Pub. L. 114-279.

### Source

Source: T.D. 72-266, 37 FR 20678, Oct. 3, 1972, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[T.D. 72-266, 37 FR 20678, Oct. 3, 1972, as amended by T.D. 91-77, 56 FR 46115, Sept. 10, 1991; T.D. 99-27, 64 FR 13675, Mar. 22, 1999]