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Trade Marks Act 1994
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[F127(1)In this Part—
(a)references to an “existing ITM application” are to an international application which contains a request for extension of the protection resulting from an international registration to the European Union under Article 3ter(1) in respect of which the conditions in sub-paragraph (2) are satisfied;
(b)references to an “existing request for EU extension” are to a request for extension to the European Union of the protection resulting from an international registration made subsequent to the international registration pursuant to Article 3ter(2) in respect of which the conditions in sub-paragraph (3) are satisfied;
(c)references to an “international application” are to an application to the International Bureau under Article 2(2) for the registration of a trade mark in the International Register.
(2)The conditions referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(a) are—
(a)the international application was filed before IP completion day with the Office of origin in accordance with Article 2(2); and
(b)as at the time immediately before IP completion day, the request for extension of protection to the European Union mentioned in the international application has been neither granted nor refused by the European Union Intellectual Property Office.
(3)The conditions referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(b) are—
(a)the request for extension of protection to the European Union was filed before IP completion day with the Office of origin or the International Bureau (as the case may be) in accordance with Rule 24(2); and
(b)as at the time immediately before IP completion day, the request for extension of protection to the European Union has been neither granted nor refused by the European Union Intellectual Property Office under the European Union Trade Mark Regulation.
(4)In sub-paragraphs (2)(b) and (3)(b) —
(a)the reference to the request for extension of protection to the European Union being “granted” means the European Union Intellectual Property Office having sent to the International Bureau a statement to the effect that protection is granted to the mark in the European Union in accordance with Rule 18ter; and
(b)the reference to the request for extension of protection to the European Union being “refused” means the European Union Intellectual Property Office having sent to the International Bureau a notification of refusal in accordance with Article 5(1) or (2) which refusal has not been subsequently `withdrawn.]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 2B inserted (31.12.2020) by The Designs and International Trade Marks (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/638), reg. 1, Sch. 4 para. 3 (with Sch. 5 Pt. 2) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1050, regs. 1(2), 22(b)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
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