37 CFR 2.48

§ 2.48 Office does not issue duplicate registrations.

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Citation: 37 CFR 2.48, § 2.48 Office does not issue duplicate registrations, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/162269
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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.

Legislative history

This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.