Changes to trade mark forms
From 2 April 2007, The Patent Office officially becomes The UK Intellectual Property Office. As a result of our name change, all publications and forms are being re-branded with our new logo ready for launch.
We took this opportunity to review our trade mark forms and have decided to make amendments to a number of them.
Those most effected are:
| TM7 | Notice of opposition and statement of grounds |
| TM8 | Notice of defence and counterstatement |
| TM26(i) | Application for invalidation |
| TM26(n) | Application to revoke for reasons of non use |
| TM26(o) | Application to revoke for other reasons |
| TM26(r) | Application to rectify the register |
| TM53 | Request to proceed to evidence rounds |
From 2 April 2007, these forms feature a new question asking if the parties of the dispute would like further information on mediation.
We have also made a number of other changes:
- We amended the wording of boxes 5 and 6 of the TM8 to bring the form into line with its online equivalent which is also due to launch on 2 April 2007.
- We added a number of clarification questions to the TM7 under the “Statement of grounds for opposition based on Section 5(1) or (2) of the Trade marks Act 1994.”
- A number of forms now carry additional notes and many now ask for an address where they currently ask only for a name.
When using our forms on or after the 2 April 2007, it is important that you familiarise yourself with the content.
We will continue to accept the old style forms until 29 June 2007.
