# TMEP § 601.01: Determining an Owner’s Domicile

> Federal · Agency guidance · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/TMEP_S601.01

## Section

- **Citation:** TMEP § 601.01
- **Heading:** Determining an Owner’s Domicile
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Agency guidance
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** USPTO TMEP / Chapter 0600 - Attorney, Representative, Correspondence, and Signature / TMEP § 601.01

## Text

For a natural person, domicile is the permanent legal place
of residence, which is the place the person resides and intends to be the person's
principal home.
37 C.F.R. §2.2(o)
.
For a juristic entity, domicile is the principal place of
business, which is the entity’s headquarters where its senior executives or officers
ordinarily direct and control the entity’s activities and is usually the center from
where other locations are controlled.
37 C.F.R.
§2.2(o)-(p)
.
Determining whether an applicant’s or registrant’s
domicile is within or outside the United States is based on the applicant’s or
registrant’s street address. When necessary, the USPTO may require an applicant or
registrant to furnish information or documentation to support an applicant’s or
registrant’s domicile address.
See
37 C.F.R. §2.11(b)
;
TMEP §601.01(b)
.
An address that does not identify an actual street address
or that functions as a mail forwarding address generally may not serve as a domicile
address because it does not identify the location of the place the person resides and
intends to be the person’s principal home (for a natural person) or the location of a
juristic entity’s headquarters where the entity’s senior executives or officers
ordinarily direct and control the entity’s activities (for a juristic entity).
TMEP §601.01(c)(i)
.

## Nearby sections

- [TMEP § 601 Requirement for Representation Based on Domicile of Mark Owner](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/TMEP_S601.md)
- [TMEP § 601.01 Determining an Owner’s Domicile](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/TMEP_S601.01.md)
- [TMEP § 601.01(a) Owners with a Non-U.S. Domicile](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/TMEP_S601.01(a).md)
- [TMEP § 601.01(b) Owners with a U.S. Domicile](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/TMEP_S601.01(b).md)
- [TMEP § 601.01(c)(i) Determining the Acceptability of Domicile Addresses](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/TMEP_S601.01(c)(i).md)
- [TMEP § 601.01(c)(ii) Evaluating a New Domicile Address Provided in Response to a Domicile Address Requirement](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/TMEP_S601.01(c)(ii).md)
- [TMEP § 601.01(c)(iii) Reviewing General Arguments or Evidence Provided in Response to a Domicile Address Requirement](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/TMEP_S601.01(c)(iii).md)
- [TMEP § 601.01(c)(iv) Reviewing “No Fixed Physical Address” Explanation](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/TMEP_S601.01(c)(iv).md)
- [TMEP § 601.01(c)(iv)(A) Response Options for Applicants or Registrants with “No Fixed Physical Address”](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/TMEP_S601.01(c)(iv)(A).md)
- [TMEP § 601.01(c)(iv)(B) Reviewing the Name, Title, and Domicile Address of an Individual with Legal Authority to Bind the Juristic Entity](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/TMEP_S601.01(c)(iv)(B).md)
- [TMEP § 601.01(c)(v) Checking the Record for a Petition to the Director to Waive the Domicile Address Requirement](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/TMEP_S601.01(c)(v).md)
- [TMEP § 601.01(d) Domicile Address Must Be Kept Current](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/TMEP_S601.01(d).md)
- [TMEP § 601.01(e) Hiding the Domicile Address](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/TMEP_S601.01(e).md)
- [TMEP § 601.02 Communications with Applicant or Registrant Who Is Represented by an Attorney](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/TMEP_S601.02.md)

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