Also known as Rules of Practice in Trademark Cases, and Trademark Rules. The regulations that govern trademark registration practice before the US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) and proceedings before the USPTO’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB). They are set out in Parts 2 and 7 of Title 37 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) (37 C.F.R. §§ 2.1 to 2.209 and 37 C.F.R. §§ 7.1 to 7.7). The Trademark Rules of Practice form the regulatory basis for the Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (TMEP) and Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Manual of Procedure (TBMP).