---
kind: "section"
citation: "37 C.F.R. § 7.12"
title: "37"
number: "7.12"
heading: "Claim of color."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/37/7.12"
---

# §7.12. Claim of color.

- (a) If color is claimed as a feature of the mark in the basic application and/or registration, the international application must include a statement that color is claimed as a feature of the mark and set forth the same name(s) of the color(s) claimed in the basic application and/or registration.
- (b) If color is not claimed as a feature of the mark in the basic application and/or registration, color may not be claimed as a feature of the mark in the international application.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 1123, 35 U.S.C. 2, Pub. L. 116-260, 134 Stat. 1182, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 68 FR 55769, Sept. 26, 2003, unless otherwise noted.