Practice amendment notices
These announce changes to our practice, such as how we interpret a provision of the law, or how we handle applications.
- 02/11 Partial refusals
- 01/11 Practice in relation to trademarks containing the words 'Scotch' and 'Scotch Whisky'
- 01/10 Examination practice in relation to Protected Symbols
- 02/09 Procedure governing the appointment of Ex Parte Hearings
- 01/09 Shopping Centre Services
- 01/08 Examination practice
- 08/07 Section 5 : Relative Grounds : Notification
- 07/07 Examination practice - Section 3(1)(a)
- 06/07 Evidence of acquired distinctiveness through use
- 05/07 Deceptive marks and protected/prohibited words
- 04/07 Pictorial representations or names of well known buildings
- 03/07 Shapes/Representations of the goods
- 02/07 Graphical Representation
- 01/07 Foreign descriptive use: interpretation of the internet and Registrability of non - English words
The following notices show changes to practice which are not included anywhere in the Work Manual.
- 14/06 Partial Refusals
- 02/04 Trade marks owned by partnerships
- 02/03 Period of Time Allowed for Responding to Objections Raised by the Office in Examination Reports
- 12/02 Certification Services being claimed in trade mark applications
- 10/02 Citing practice on 'Alcopops'
- 09/02 E, I and M Prefixed Marks
- 02/01 Section 3 and Section 5 practice in relation to applications made to register a mark as both a trade mark and a Collective Mark, or as both a trade mark and Certification Mark
- 01/01 The conduct of Ex Parte Hearings