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Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Trade Marks Regulations 2018 and come into force on 14th January 2019.

(2)

In these Regulations—

  • “the 1994 Act” means the Trade Marks Act 1994;

  • “the CTM Regulations” means the Community Trade Mark Regulations 2006 M1;

  • “the International Registration Order” means the Trade Marks (International Registration) Order 2008 M2;

  • “the Rules” means the Trade Marks Rules 2008 M3.

Annotations

Marginal citations

M1

S.I. 2006/1027, amended by S.I. 2008/1959, 2011/1043, 2016/299 and by the Intellectual Property (Unjustified Threats) Act 2017 (c.14) section 3.

M2

S.I. 2008/2206 to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

M3

S.I. 2008/1797, amended by S.I. 2009/2089, 2013/2235; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.