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Accreditation and CLE Rules for Minnesota
Courses purchased through UnitedCLE.com are provided and fully accredited by The National Academy of Continuing Legal Education, an approved sponsor (10551) of CLE by the Minnesota Board of Continuing Legal Education .
Minnesota attorneys are required to take 45 credit hours every 3 years including 3 credit hours of Ethics and Professionalism, with a minimum of 2 credits of Elimination of Bias.
Effective January 1, 2024, there is no limit to the number of on-demand CLE credits a Minnesota lawyer may report towards their three-year reporting period. Approved courses viewed after January 1, 2024, towards the 2024 reporting period (or later) are not subject to a credit cap.
Beginning July 1, 2024, MN attorneys are required to take 1 credit in Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder. Compliance Group 1 (CLE due by 6/30/2024) is not required to complete this new credit type requirement until their new compliance period begins. Category 2 lawyers due to report in 2025 will be the first group of lawyers subject to this requirement.
Minnesota attorneys can earn all 45 CLE credit hours with us including 3 credit hours of Ethics and 2 credit hours of Elimination of Bias using our Online, iOS/Android App, and Live Webinar courses.
All Minnesota licensed attorneys are assigned to one of three reporting groups for CLE purposes. Attorneys can find their assigned reporting group in the upper left-hand corner of their wallet licenses.
Category 1: July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2021 & July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2024
Category 2: July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2022 & July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2025
Category 3: July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2023 & July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2026
Minnesota Board of Continuing Legal Education
Lawyer Registration Office
180 East 5th Street, Suite 950
St. Paul, MN 55101
651-297-7100
What You and Your Clients Need to Know About the USPTO’s Post-Registration Audit
Courses purchased through UnitedCLE.com are provided and fully accredited by The National Academy of Continuing Legal Education, an approved sponsor (10551) of CLE by the Minnesota Board of Continuing Legal Education .
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General Credits
1
$29
All Courses Available iOS/Android Web
About This Course
Deadwood refers to registration for marks that are not in use in commerce. Over the past few years, removing this deadwood from the Trademark Register has become an important priority for the USPTO. In recent years they instituted a permanent post-registration audit program requiring trademark registration filing a Declaration of Use to submit proof of use for two additional items in each class beyond the product for which a specimen was submitted.
This CLE course will explain the post-registration random audit program as well as analyze the eligibility criteria for registration to be selected for the audit. The course will also review how to effectively respond to an action by the Registration Audit Office. The course will conclude with a review of best practices, tips and strategies for preparing the Declaration of Use in case of an audit.