Notifying Member

United Kingdom

Details of the notified legal text

Title

The Patents, Trade Marks and Designs (Address for Service) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Rules 2020

Subject matter

Trademarks; Industrial designs; Patents (including plant variety protection)

Nature of notification

[X]     Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation

[  ]     Other law or regulation

Link to legal text^[*]

https://ip-documents.info/2020/IP/GBR/20_7861_00_e.pdf

Notification status

[  ]     First notification

[X]     Amendment or revision to notified legal text

[  ]     Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)

Previous notification(s) referred to

IP/N/1/GBR/50, IP/N/1/GBR/D/24; IP/N/1/GBR/17, IP/N/1/GBR/T/11; IP/N/1/GBR/1

Brief description of the notified legal text

_This instrument amends a number of intellectual property (IP) statutory instruments to change the correspondence address or 'address for service' (AfS) requirements for patents, trade marks and designs, by removing references to the European Economic Area (EEA) and inserting references to Gibraltar.

Language(s) of notified legal text

English

Entry into force

1 January 2021

Other date

Notification details

Submission date of notification

1 January 2021

Other information

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1317/made

Amends:

·        Rule 103 of the Patents Rules 2007

·        Rule 11 of the Trade Marks Rules 2008

·        Rule 42 of the Registered Designs Rules 2006

·        Rule 23(1A) of and Schedule 1 to the Design Right (Proceedings before Comptroller) Rules 1989

Agency or authority responsible

UK Intellectual Property Office

Concept House

Cardiff Road

Newport

South Wales

NP10 8QQ

United Kingdom

information@ipo.gov.uk

0300 300 2000

Outside the UK:

+44 (0)1633 814000