Tucked into last December’s stimulus and relief package were critical reforms in intellectual property law, designed to empower trademark and copyright owners by providing stronger enforcement tools. The Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 (TMA), which was signed into law on December 27, 2020, effects a round of the most significant changes in our U.S. trademark statute in more than 20 years. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued the implementing TMA rules on November 17, 2021, which will come into force on December 18, 2021.