# Trade Marks Act 1994, Paragraph 32: Transformation applications


(1) In this Part, references to a “transformation application” are to an application for transformation of an international registration which has been cancelled (a “cancelled international registration”) into an application for registration of a European Union trade mark filed under Article 204 of the European Union Trade Mark Regulation in respect of which the conditions in sub-paragraph (2) are satisfied.
(2) The conditions referred to in sub-paragraph (1) are—
(a) the transformation application was filed before IP completion day with the European Union Intellectual Property Office;
(b) as at the time immediately before IP completion day the transformation application has neither been granted nor refused by the European Union Intellectual Property Office under the European Union Trade Mark Regulation; and
(c) the international registration was not cancelled at the request of the Patent Office as Office of origin for the international registration of the trade mark.
(3) In sub-paragraph (2)(b)—
(a) the reference to the transformation application being “granted” means a European Union trade mark being registered under the European Union Trade Mark Regulation pursuant to the transformation application; and
(b) the reference to the transformation application being “refused” means the transformation application being subject to the provisions in Article 204(5) of the European Union Trade Mark Regulation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/26/schedule/2B/paragraph/32 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/trade-marks-act-1994/schedule-2B/paragraph-32
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