# The Trade Marks Rules 2008, Rule 32: Alteration of registered trade marks; section 44 (Forms TM25 & TM7)

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) The proprietor of a registered trade mark may request the registrar on Form TM25 for such alteration of the mark as is permitted under section 44 and following such request the registrar may require evidence as to the circumstances in which the application is made.
(2) Where, upon the request of the proprietor, the registrar proposes to allow such alteration, the registrar shall publish the mark as altered in the Journal.
(3) Any person claiming to be affected by the alteration may, within two months of the date on which the mark as altered was published under paragraph (2), give notice to the registrar of objection to the alteration on Form TM7 which shall include a statement of the grounds of objection.
(4) The registrar shall send a copy of Form TM7 to the proprietor and the procedure in rules 18 and 20 shall apply to the proceedings relating to the objection to the alteration as they apply to proceedings relating to opposition to an application for registration, but with the following modifications—
(a) any reference to—
(i) the applicant shall be construed as a reference to the proprietor,
(ii) an application for registration shall be construed as a reference to a request for alteration,
(iii) the person opposing the registration shall be construed as a reference to the person objecting to the alteration,
(iv) the opposition shall be construed as a reference to the objection;
(b) the relevant period, referred to in rule 18(1), shall for these purposes be the period of two months beginning immediately after the date upon which the registrar sent a copy of Form TM7 to the proprietor;
(c) rules 18(3) to (6), 20(2) and (3) shall not apply.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/1797/rule/32 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/trade-marks-rules-2008/rule-32
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