{"data":{"id":"us/37-cfr-3.16","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"37 CFR 3.16","heading":"Assignability of trademarks prior to filing of an allegation of use.","body":"Before an allegation of use under either 15 U.S.C. 1051(c) or 15 U.S.C. 1051(d) is filed, an applicant may only assign an application to register a mark under 15 U.S.C. 1051(b) to a successor to the applicant's business, or portion of the business to which the mark pertains, if that business is ongoing and existing.","path":["Title 37—Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights","CHAPTER I—UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE","SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL","PART 3—ASSIGNMENT, RECORDING AND RIGHTS OF ASSIGNEE"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-37.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:45Z","sha256":"51dc5dfb9d4a17ad4a8771802411463f4b200abadde4f91b0758b7cbc9b95c8b","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/37-cfr-3.11","next":"us/37-cfr-3.21"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}