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United Kingdom Logo is under
protection by United Kingdom Logo law. The use of United Kingdom Logo is a way
for one party to distinguish themselves from another. In the business world, a Logo
provides a product or organization with an identity which cannot be imitated by
its competitors.
United Kingdom Logo is same with
others country Logo. It can be a name, word, phrase, logo, symbol, design,
image, sound, shape, signature or any combination of these elements. However
need to be note that it is "Logo" in UK law, the term as defined
under the Logos Act 1994 (UK) not "Logo", as stated in Logo laws of
other countries, for example the US.
UK Logo Search
From the UK Logo search report,
you are able to know is there any identical mark or similar mark found. If
there are any identical marks, and these marks are currently registered for
goods/services identical/similar to the ones you want to cover then these marks
could be problematic. It is advisable to proceed search before proceed UK Logo
application.
Filing a UK Logo Application
Filing a UK Logo Application is
actually quite easy and you need to get three main things correct before submit
to United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO):
1. Logo- You can’t change the mark once you’ve filed the application,
so make sure you get it correct. If the mark is a word or words then if you
write the mark all in uppercase the mark will be considered to cover any style
of writing the word(s).
2. The specification of goods/services-You
can’t broaden of the specification of goods/services after filing the
application, so make sure you want to put everything in that you want to cover.
3. The name and address of the applicant-
Although you can correct this after filing it’s easier if you get this right at
the outset. You can choose to fil the UK Logo application under company name
(it needs to have a legal personality such as a limited company) or in your
name.
UK Logo Examination
When the UK Logo examination report is issued, it will either say there
are no conflicting marks and the application is to proceed to publication, or
it will list all the UK and Community Logo registrations/applications that the
Examiner thinks are identical or confusingly similar and cover
identical/similar goods/services. The Examiner will also provide an opinion on
whether the mark is inherently registrable or not.
The Examiner is not always right, and you can file arguments against
the Examiner’s opinion. There are a number of other tactics for overcoming
objections in examination reports. Examiner will not reject the application on
the basis of marks cited in the examination report, but if the application is
allowed to proceed without the cited marks being waived the Examiner will in
some instances write to the owners of the cited marks inviting them to oppose
your application.
UK Logo Registration and Renewal
If no opposition(s) are filed
(or the application is not successfully opposed in its entirety), then the UK Logo application will proceed to
grant and a certificate of registration will be issued. A UK Logo application
can be granted in as little as six months if no objections are raised by the
Registry on examination and no oppositions are filed. A UK registration lasts
initially for ten years start from the filing date. The duration of the UK Logo registration may be extended indefinitely,
although a registration would become vulnerable to revocation, in whole or in
part, if the mark is not used on the goods or services specified in the
registration for a continuous period of five years.
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