---
kind: "section"
citation: "37 C.F.R. § 2.37"
title: "37"
number: "2.37"
heading: "Description of mark."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/37/2.37"
---

# §2.37. Description of mark.


A description of the mark must be included if the mark is not in standard characters. In an application where the mark is in standard characters, a description may be included and must be included if required by the trademark examining attorney.


## Notes

### Amendments

[73 FR 13784, Mar. 14, 2008]

### 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

[73 FR 13784, Mar. 14, 2008]