Trade Marks Act 1994 (c. 26)

SCHEDULES

[F1 SCHEDULE 2A U.K. EUROPEAN UNION TRADE MARKS

Textual Amendments

F1 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)

PART 5 U.K. Interpretation

Interpretation U.K.

30 (1) In this Schedule—

• “comparable trade mark (EU)” has the meaning given by paragraph 1(2);

• “the Continuing EUTM Regulation” has the meaning given by paragraph 23(5);

• “corresponding EUTM” has the meaning given by paragraph 1(9)(a);

• “the EUTM Register” has the meaning given by paragraph 1(9)(b);

• “existing EUTM” has the meaning given by paragraph 1(1);

• “existing EUTM application” has the meaning given by paragraph 24(1);

• “expired EUTM” has the meaning given by paragraph 22(1);

• “the previous EUTM Regulations” means Council Regulation (EC) No 207/2009 of 26th February 2009 on the European Union trade mark and Council Regulation (EC) No 40/94 of 20^th December 1993 on the Community trade mark;

• “protected international trade mark (UK)” has the same meaning as in the Trade Marks (International Registration) Order 2008.

(2) References in this Schedule to—

(a) an “Article” are to an Article of the European Union Trade Mark Regulation and include references to any equivalent Article contained in the previous EUTM Regulations;

(b) the European Union Trade Mark Regulation include references to the previous EUTM Regulations;

(c) a European Union trade mark include references to an EU collective mark and an EU certification mark as defined in Articles 74 and 83.]