{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-marks-international-registration-order-2008/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-marks-international-registration-order-2008/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/2206",
  "legislation_title": "The Trade Marks (International Registration) Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-marks-international-registration-order-2008",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“the Act” means the Trade Marks Act 1994 and “section” means a section of that Act;\n“Common Regulations” means the regulations adopted under article 10 of the Madrid Protocol with effect from 1 April 1996 and as amended with effect from 1 April 2002;\n“concurrent registered trade mark” means a trade mark as defined in Schedule 4, paragraph 2;\n“date of the international registration” means the date of the international registration under Article 3(4) of the Madrid Protocol;\n“international application” means an application by way of the Patent Office as office of origin to the International Bureau for registration of a trade mark in the International Register;\n“International Register” means the register of trade marks maintained by the International Bureau for the purposes of the Madrid Protocol;\n“international registration” means a registration of a trade mark in the International Register;\n“protected international trade mark (UK)” means an international registration which is the subject of a request for extension and which is protected in accordance with section 38 as modified by Schedule 2, paragraph 6 and references to “protection” and “protected” shall be construed accordingly;\n“request for extension” means a request for an extension of protection to the United Kingdom under Article 3ter (1) or (2) of the Madrid Protocol which has been notified by the International Bureau;\n“the Relative Grounds Order” means the Trade Marks (Relative Grounds) Order 2007;\n“supplementary register” means the register of international trade marks (UK) required to be maintained under section 63 as modified by Schedule 2, paragraph 8 ;\n“the Trade Marks Rules” means the Trade Marks Rules 2008 and “trade marks rule” shall be construed accordingly.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2007/1976."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 2008/1797."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2206/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:25:26.946217+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}