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Amendments to Trademark Laws

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Jul 30, 2012 (Newsletter Issue 12/12)
United Kingdom
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Changes to Trademark Services


The United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) is implementing a new IT system for processing trademarks in order to increase its processing efficiencies and introduce some customer enhancements including more user friendly access to information and web services. Changes are to be implemented in two phases, with approximately a 6 week gap between the phases.

Phase 1
- Notice of Threatened Opposition: New layout e-form TM7A which should be used for filing notices of threatened opposition.
- Notice of Opposition and Statement of Grounds: New layout of form TM7 and available in PDF fillable format.
- New Style Journal: International UK designations and UK applications will be integrated and published in one Journal. The Journal numbering will change (to reflect week and year).
- New Style Examination Report: For International UK designations, taking into account feedback from customers.

Phase 2
- 'Ecaveats' Changes to 'eAlerts': eAlerts has enhanced features allowing customers to monitor the progress or status of a trade mark by requesting alerts for specific events all FREE of charge. This service is also available for International Registrations designating the UK.
- Trade Mark e-Renewal: A new ‘e’ trade mark service for fast, efficient online renewal and payment, using form, eTM11. The service provides timely email receipt acknowledgements, with the Certificate of Renewal emailed as a PDF attachment once payment has cleared.
- Trade Mark e-Application: Some of the changes include i.e. a more user friendly language and better examples to aid customer completion as well as a goods and services classification search tool located within the application process.

For further information and full details, please click here

Source: www.ipo.gov.uk