Paragraph 3 Relative grounds for refusal of registrationI1

United Kingdom

(1)

Section 5 M1 is amended as follows.

(2)

In subsection (3) omit “(or, in the case of a European Union trade mark or international trade mark (EC), in the European Union)”.

(3)

In subsection (4)(aa), omit “any provision of EU law, or”.

Annotations

M1: Section 5 amended by S.I. 2004/946, regulations 3 and 7(1), S.I. 2004/2332, regulations 2 and 3, S.I. 2011/1043, article 4(1), S.I. 2016/299, the Schedule, paragraph 1 and S.I. 2018/825, regulation 5.

I1: Sch. 3 para. 3 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(1)