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Amendments to Trademark Laws

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Apr 02, 2013 (Newsletter Issue 4/13)
United Kingdom
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Time Periods/Opposition Periods Changed


The United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) announced that the Trade Marks and Registered Designs (Amendment) Rules 2013 and The Trade Marks (International Registration) (Amendment) Order 2013 came into force on 31 March 2013.

In terms of the amendment to the opposition period, this applies to any period that was still open on or after 31 March 2013. This means that for any UK trade mark application or UK designation of an IR that is published on 1 February 2013 or afterwards, the opposition period lasts for 2 months gross (ie: a trade mark application published on 1 February is be open to third party opposition until 1 April 2013 - instead of 31 March 2013 under the old regime).

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Source: Squire Sanders (UK) LLP, UK