Practice Amendment Notice

PAN 4/06 - Issued 12 April 2006

This Notice affects Examination practice about The names of the Royal Family.

The text of this practice has been updated. (Please note, the practice itself has not changed)
Paragraph 42.4 – 42.5 has been replaced by the following :

42.4 Names of the Royal Family

Names of the Royal Family may not be registered in, or as, trade marks without the consent of the Queen or the relevant member of the Royal Family.

To avoid the need to rely on general knowledge the Registry has been supplied with a list of those regarded by the Queen as members of The Royal Family for the purposes of the Trade Marks Act 1994. This is shown below.

The Royal Family – for the purpose of Trade Marks Legislation

Her Majesty The Queen
His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh
Their Royal Highnesses The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall
His Royal Highness The Prince William of Wales
His Royal Highness The Prince Henry of Wales
His Royal Highness The Duke of York
Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice of York
Her Royal Highness Princess Eugenie of York
Their Royal Highnesses The Earl and Countess of Wessex
The Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor
Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal and Rear Admiral Timothy Laurence
Mr Peter Phillips
Miss Zara Phillips
The Viscount and Viscountess Linley
The Honourable Charles Armstrong-Jones
The Honourable Margarita Armstrong-Jones
The Lady Sarah Chatto and Mr. Daniel Chatto
Mr. Samuel Chatto
Mr Arthur Chatto
Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester
Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Kent
Their Royal Highnesses Prince and Princess Michael of Kent
Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra, the Honourable Lady Ogilvy
The Duchess of York

In addition to the possibility of an objection under Section 3(5), Examiners will also consider whether the application has been made in bad faith (Section 3(6) and whether the mark is distinctive for the goods/services (Section 3(1) [See also Famous Names].