In addition, amendments to the Trade Marks Act 1994 (TMA) and secondary legislation in the form of the Trade Marks Rules 2008, as well as the amending and autonomous regulations, are necessary to take account of the fact that the UK will no longer be part of the EU trade mark system after 1 January 2021. If the IPO finds that an opt-out right has been exercised in circumstances where it was not authorised, the comparable UK trade mark may be reinstated if the equivalent or comparable UK trade mark has been removed from the register. If a third party sends us a cancellation notice, we will send it to the owner of the comparable trademark. If they consider that the termination should not apply in the United Kingdom, they must submit a notice of exemption within one month of receipt of the notice. If we become aware that an EU law will be repealed, we will write to the holder of the comparable right and announce in the same notice that they will file a waiver. The retention of existing priority and age data in comparable UK brands is automatic. For each part of the 5-year period preceding 1 January 2021, the use of the relevant EU trade mark in the EU will be taken into account, whether it took place inside or outside the UK. Last but not least, the post-transition situation could also be affected by an agreement reached during the transition period between the EU and the UK that governs their future relationship. The following examples show how comparable UK marks are codified: If the contradictions that follow the 1.

January 2021, based on a comparable UK trademark, the same approach to the Terms of Use applies. If you are a party who has successfully cancelled an EU trade mark and that action has not yet been concluded by the end of the transition period, the cancellation will be applied to the comparable UK trade mark without you having to bring a new action for annulment before the UK IPO. Practice: Review your records to determine if there are any collective or warranty marks in your portfolios and get a copy of the applicable regulations (and translations) ready to be submitted to the UKIPO in relation to the comparable mark (EU), provided that the comparable mark (EU) is intended to continue to be effective in the UK. If the regulations are not submitted on time upon request, the comparable mark (EU) will be removed from the register. The IPO court will then decide whether or not to remove the trademark in the UK. Owners of such trade marks and designs registered in the United Kingdom acquired under the Withdrawal Agreement are not required to have a correspondence address in the United Kingdom within three years of the transition. It is likely that they have the right to retain the correspondence address of the EU trade mark or registered Community design in question (even if it is not located in the United Kingdom). During the examination process, we also conduct a search for geographical indications to ensure that your trademark application does not conflict with those prior rights. Therefore, you should also be aware that the relevant period above may also apply to geographical indications pending at the end of the transitional period. This would apply if, within 9 months of the end of the transition period, the producer of geographical indications applies for the UK GGB scheme managed by Defra and invokes the date of application of its previous application for geographical indications in the EU. .