Directive (EU) 2015/2436 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilDangos y teitl llawn

CHAPTER 1 U.K. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1 U.K. Scope

This Directive applies to every trade mark in respect of goods or services which is the subject of registration or of an application for registration in a Member State as an individual trade mark, a guarantee or certification mark or a collective mark, or which is the subject of a registration or an application for registration in the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property or of an international registration having effect in a Member State.

Article 2 U.K. Definitions

For the purpose of this Directive, the following definitions apply:

(a)

‘office’ means the central industrial property office of the Member State or the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property, entrusted with the registration of trade marks;

(b)

‘register’ means the register of trade marks kept by an office.