Intellectual Property

Amended version of the TM Rules following a number of Statutory Instruments

The trade mark rules 2000 PDF document(365Kb) have been updated due to the following Statutory Instruments:

The Patents, Trade Marks and Designs (Address for Service and Time Limits, etc) Rules 2006. Statutory Instrument 2006 No. 760 External Link

The Trade Marks and Designs (Address for Service)(Amendment) Rules 2006. Statutory Instrument 2006 No. 1029 External Link

The main areas effected are "Address for Service," Rule 10 and "Interrupted Days"” Rule 67.

Please note that there are additional rules numbered 10A (Failure to provide an address for service), 67A (Delays in communication) and 69A (Electronic communication).