§2.48. Office does not issue duplicate registrations.
37 C.F.R. § 2.48
If two applications on the same register would result in registrations that are exact duplicates, the Office will permit only one application to mature into registration, and will refuse registration in the other application.
Notes, amendments, and revision history
Amendments
[73 FR 67769, Nov. 17, 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 67769, Nov. 17, 2008]