SCHEDULES
F1SCHEDULE 2AEUROPEAN UNION TRADE MARKS
Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
PART 1Existing European Union trade marks
16Assignment of an existing EUTM not registered on IP completion day
1
This paragraph applies where before IP completion day an existing EUTM (or any right in it) is the subject of an assignment (a “relevant assignment”) which immediately before IP completion day is not recorded in the EUTM Register.
2
Section 25 applies in relation to a relevant assignment as if it were a registrable transaction affecting a comparable trade mark (EU), subject to the modification set out below.
3
An application under section 25(1) may only be made by—
a
a person claiming to be entitled to an interest in or under a comparable trade mark (EU) by virtue of a relevant assignment of the corresponding EUTM; or
b
the proprietor of the comparable trade mark (EU).
Sch. 2A inserted (31.12.2020) by The Trade Marks (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/269), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 3 (as amended by S.I. 2020/1050, regs. 1(2), 9(b)(i)(ii)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)