Article 4 Amendments to the Trade Marks Rules 2000

In rule 8 (application may relate to more than one class and shall specify the class) for paragraphs (2) and (3) there shall be substituted—

“(2)

Every application shall specify—

(a)

the class in Schedule 4 to which it relates; and

(b)

the goods or services which are appropriate to the class and they shall be described in such a way as to indicate clearly the nature of those goods or services and to allow them to be classified in the classes in Schedule 4.

(3)

If the application relates to more than one class in Schedule 4 the specification contained in it shall set out the classes in consecutive numerical order and the specification of the goods or services shall be grouped accordingly.”.