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The European Trade Mark and Design Network has produced a common practice for use when assessing the inherent distinctiveness of figurative trade marks containing descriptive and/or non-distinctive words.
Section last updated: January 2021.
This guidance outlines the requirements for claiming preferential tariffs under the Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS).
How to apply to protect a wine name or aromatised wine name under the UK GI schemes and how to use a traditional term to describe a wine product.
Examples of unacceptable trade marks around protected emblems, internet domain names and your company name.
Depending on the objection raised in your examination, you have 2 months to respond through a number of options.
Standardisation explained.
Traditional term for wine
How to apply for UK protection of a traditional term for a wine product and get it added to the UK traditional terms register.
The European Trade Mark and Design Network has produced a common practice on relative grounds of refusal to assess the impact of likelihood of confusion.
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