President Obama signed the act enabling the US to join the Hague Agreement on December 18, 2012. Would-be users of the Hague Agreement have thus been waiting for more than two years for the Final Rules implementing the Hague Agreement. Today the USPTO published the Final Rules.
In coming days and weeks I will post comments and observations about the new Rules. If you’ve not already done so, I invite you to subscribe to this blog so that you will see the comments and observations.