---
title: "Record the answer date a trademark opposition sets"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/intellectual-property-patents-trade-marks-copyright-designs/record-the-deadline-to-defend-a-trade-mark-opposition/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A23-LA20261022-2-US"
practice_area: "Intellectual Property — Patents, Trade Marks, Copyright, Designs"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Record the answer date a trademark opposition sets

> Record the date the Board set for the answer if the paper prints it, and whether the file shows an answer. State the default consequence only in the words of the rule. Write no answer.

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Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Intellectual Property — Patents, Trade Marks, Copyright, Designs](https://ailawframework.com/practice/intellectual-property-patents-trade-marks-copyright-designs.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | Record the date the Board set for the answer if the paper prints it, and whether the file shows an answer. State the default consequence only in the words of the rule. Write no answer. |
| What the lawyer must review | Section 2.106(a) says that if no answer is filed within the time initially set, or as may later be reset by the Board, the opposition may be decided as in case of default. Failure to file a timely answer tolls all deadlines, including the discovery conference, until the issue of default is resolved. Paragraph (b)(1) requires an answer through ESTTA, and allows a paper answer only when ESTTA is unavailable because of technical problems or extraordinary circumstances are present, accompanied by a petition to the Director under section 2.146, with the fees and the showing that paragraph requires. Section 2.146 was not opened. Paragraph (b)(2) says an answer shall state in short and plain terms the applicant's defenses to each claim and shall admit or deny the averments. You write that answer. The rule does not state a period of forty days or of two months. Section 1063 is the period for filing the opposition. It is not the period for the answer. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Record the deadline to defend a trade mark opposition](https://ailawframework.com/practice/intellectual-property-patents-trade-marks-copyright-designs/record-the-deadline-to-defend-a-trade-mark-opposition.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: Record the date the Board set for the answer if the paper prints it, and whether the file shows an answer. State the default consequence only in the words of the rule. Write no answer.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- Record the date the Board set. Do not invent a forty-day or two-month answer period.
- The tool writes no sentence of the answer.

## Sources

- [37 CFR § 2.106 (answer to an opposition)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/37/2.106) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [15 U.S.C. § 1063 (opposition to registration)](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/1063) (checked 2026-10-22)

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*