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Trademarks, trade names, and copyrights
Recording a trademark or trade name with CBP, and what happens when imported goods bear a counterfeit, copying, or gray-market mark.
Governing text: 19 CFR Part 133
Rules to know
- A trademark on the USPTO Principal Register may be recorded. A supplemental-register mark may not.
- The recordation fee is $190 per class. A name change or ownership update of a recorded mark is $80.
- Suspect counterfeit goods may be detained for up to 30 days from presentation for examination.
- A first civil fine for directing or aiding a counterfeit importation is capped at the genuine retail value. A later fine may be twice that.
Free sample questions
Which trademark may be recorded with CBP?19 CFR 133.1
Common ownership, for gray-market and recordation purposes, means which stake?19 CFR 133.2
What is the fee to record a trademark?19 CFR 133.3
CBP cancels a trademark recordation when which event occurs?19 CFR 133.4
To keep CBP protection uninterrupted, when is the renewal application filed?19 CFR 133.7
May words that are used as a trademark be recorded as a trade name?19 CFR 133.11
Where does CBP publish notice of a tentative trade-name recordation?19 CFR 133.14
How long may CBP detain merchandise suspected of bearing a counterfeit mark?19 CFR 133.21
Imported articles bear a mark that copies a recorded trademark. What is the ordinary result?19 CFR 133.22
Which goods are restricted gray-market articles?19 CFR 133.23
Articles restricted under 133.22 or 133.23 are detained for how long, and when is the importer notified?19 CFR 133.25
What is the most CBP may fine a person for a first seizure of merchandise bearing a counterfeit mark that the person directed or helped import for sale?19 CFR 133.27
How many copies of the registration certificate accompany the recordation application?19 CFR 133.3
Which version of a business name is ordinarily recorded as a trade name?19 CFR 133.11
May the 30-day detention of copying or gray-market goods be extended?19 CFR 133.25
The owner misses the three-month grace period and any extension. How can the renewed trademark be recorded?19 CFR 133.7
Common control, as used in a trademark recordation, means what?19 CFR 133.2
A trade-name application describes which goods?19 CFR 133.12
Before issuing a notice of detention under 133.25, what may CBP tell the owner of the recorded mark?19 CFR 133.25
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