---
kind: "section"
citation: "37 C.F.R. § 2.24"
title: "37"
number: "2.24"
heading: "Designation and revocation of domestic representative by foreign applicant."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/37/2.24"
---

# §2.24. Designation and revocation of domestic representative by foreign applicant.

- (a) An applicant or registrant that is not domiciled in the United States may designate a domestic representative (i.e., a person residing in the United States on whom notices or process in proceedings affecting the mark may be served).
- (b) The designation, or a request to change or revoke a designation, must set forth the name, email address, and postal address of the domestic representative and be signed pursuant to [§ 2.193(e)(8)](/cfr/37/2.193.md?p=e-8).
- (c) The mere designation of a domestic representative does not authorize the person designated to represent the applicant or registrant.

## Notes

### Amendments

[84 FR 37094, July 31, 2019]

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 2.21 to 2.47 also issued under sec. 1, 60 Stat. 427; 15 U.S.C. 1051.

### Authority

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

Source: 30 FR 13193, Oct. 16, 1965, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[84 FR 37094, July 31, 2019]