Filing and Prosecution: UK, Overseas, Madrid, EUTM Flashcards
What is the official fee for filing online applications at the UKIPO?
£170 with each additional class £50 per class (online or paper)
What is the fee for filing paper application at the UKIPO?
£200 with each class being £50 extra
What is the priority date from a UK application?
6 months from the filing date
What is the time period to respond to an EU examination report?
2 months
Once a UK TM is registered when will it fall due for renewal?
10 years from the filing date
Name three members of Benelux
Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg
Name three members of OAPI
Chad, Congo, Cameroon
Name five members of the European Union
Spain, Italy, France, Germany and Netherlands
If there is no TM legislation in a country, what could be published and explain what such publication does
A practise has evolved of putting third parties on notice of trade mark rights by publishing them in local newspapers. These are called cautionary notices
What is the criteria to file a international trade mark?
- Entitlement - be a national of a contracting party. Be domiciled in a contracting party or have a business in a contracting party.
- A base mark - application or registration in your home country or base country. The base country will be jurisdiction you are claiming priority from.
What country in terms of registration counted from the hiji (lunar) calendar?
Saudi Arebia
In what countries are they not allowed to register their trade marks for alcoholic beverages, pork meat and gambling and bar/nightclub?
Saudi Arabia and UAE
Explain the process from issuing of a provisional refusal by one of the designated country’s trade mark offices to the filing of a response to the provisional refusal
Reported to WIPO by national offices- WIPO report to applicant/ representative responses made to local trade mark offices through a local agent.
If you elected to cover a country through a national filing instead of designating in the international application under what basis or bases would we file this application?
Wh before which office should a subsequent designation be filed online for speed and efficiency?
Directly with WIPO, through WIPOS online tool or alternatively can be made on form MM4
What countries receive individual fees for international registration in two parts?
Brazil, Cuba and Japan
What countries require a declaration of use or non use to keep the trade mark in force?
Mexico, Philippines, United States, Cambodia, Mozambique
What are the 5 requirements to be met to make a successful priority claim when filing a UK trade mark application?
- The previous application is a first regular filing
- The mark in the earlier application and the mark applied for are the same
- The goods and services are identical or are contained within those of the earlier application
- The proprietor is the same
- The filing date of the mark is within 6 months of the filing date of the first application
Explain the routes to appeal an opposition at the UKIPO.
Two routes of appeal, to the courts or to the appointed person.
Appeal to the courts is this is more formal and costly approach any further appeals may be made to the Supreme Court.
The appointed person is a senior lawyer who is an expert in IP law the decision is final can be done on a form TM55 must include a statement of grounds of appeal and filed within 28 days of the decision being filed.
The appeal deadline can be extended by filing a form TM9 and 100£
What are the official languages of the EUIPO?
English, French, Spanish, German and Italian