{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-marks-rules-2008/rule-41",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-marks-rules-2008/rule-41.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2008/1797",
  "legislation_title": "The Trade Marks Rules 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-marks-rules-2008",
  "path": "rule/41",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "41",
  "heading": "Application for invalidation: filing of application and counter-statement; section 47 (Forms TM8 & TM26(I))",
  "text": "(1) An application to the registrar for a declaration of invalidity under section 47 shall be filed on Form TM26(I) and shall include a statement of the grounds on which the application is made and be accompanied by a statement of truth.\n(2) Where the application is based on a trade mark which has been registered, there shall be included in the statement of the grounds on which the application is made a representation of that mark and—\n(a) the details of the authority with which the mark is registered;\n(b) the registration number of that mark;\n(c) the goods and services in respect of which—\n(i) that mark is registered, and\n(ii) the application is based; and\n(d) where neither section 47(2A)(a) nor (b) applies to the mark, a statement detailing whether during the period referred to in section 47(2B)(a) it has been put to genuine use in relation to each of the goods and services in respect of which the application is based or whether there are proper reasons for non-use (for the purposes of rule 42 this is the “statement of use”).\n(3) Where the application is based on a trade mark in respect of which an application for registration has been made, there shall be included in the statement of the grounds on which the application is made a representation of that mark and those matters set out in paragraph (2)(a) to (c), with references to registration being construed as references to the application for registration.\n(4) Where the application is based on an unregistered trade mark or other sign which the applicant claims to be protected by virtue of any rule of law (in particular, the law of passing off), there shall be included in the statement of the grounds on which the application is made a representation of that mark or sign and the goods and services in respect of which such protection is claimed.\n(5) The registrar shall send a copy of Form TM26(I) and the statement of the grounds on which the application is made to the proprietor.\n(6) The proprietor shall, within two months of the date on which a copy of Form TM26(I) and the statement was sent by the registrar, file a Form TM8, which shall include a counter-statement, otherwise the registrar may treat the proprietor as not opposing the application and registration of the mark shall, unless the registrar otherwise directs, be declared invalid.\n(7) The registrar shall send a copy of Form TM8 to the applicant.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 41 in force at 1.10.2008, see rule 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/1797/rule/41",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:28:07.429295+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."
}