To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Earlier this month, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a notice of proposed rule-making 1 to implement provisions of the Trademark Modernization Act (TMA), which Congress passed in December 2020. 2 The public has until July 19, 2021, to comment on the proposed rule-making before implementation. The proposed rules create new nonuse cancellation procedures, shorten office action response deadlines and expand on the USPTO's Letter of Protest procedures, among other changes. These and other rule changes are summarized below. We encourage all practitioners to review the notice in detail and provide