On December 27, 2020, then U.S. President Donald Trump signed the Trademark Modernization Act (TMA) into law. While the TMA can benefit foreign brand owners with its new rules and proceedings, it may also present them with challenges. One of the TMA's principal goals is to reduce the number of spurious trademark registrations and applications that are based on inaccurate claims of use in U.S. commerce. The TMA has created three new tools to address this goal. Specifically, the TMA (i) provides for a broader and easier Letter of Protest system; (ii) creates a streamlined expungement procedure; and (iii) establishes new grounds for the re-examination of a registration.
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