Effective immediately, rather than being calculated as two months from the date of publication (i.e. two months and one day), the period to oppose a UK Trademark Application shall be the period of two months beginning with the date on which the Application was published.
For example, under the new rules, the deadline to oppose a UK Trademark Application published on 15 October 2010 would be 14 December 2010. A day shorter than previously.
Since an opposition deadline cannot be extended (except where the potential opponent has filed a request to do so before the expiry of the initial two month period), vigilance must be exercised to ensure that deadlines are timely met.
For more information on this or if you have any other queries regarding the UK Trademark Application procedure, please contact one of our Trade Mark Attorneys.
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