Practice amendment notices

These announce changes to our practice, such as how we interpret a provision of the law, or how we handle applications.

• 1/08 Examination practice
• 8/07 Section 5 : Relative Grounds : Notification
• 7/07 Examination practice - Section 3(1)(a)
• 6/07 Evidence of acquired distinctiveness through use
• 5/07 Deceptive marks and protected/prohibited words
• 4/07 Pictorial representations or names of well known buildings
• 3/07 Shapes/Representations of the goods
• 2/07 Graphical Representation
• 1/07 Foreign descriptive use: interpretation of the internet and Registrability of non – English words
• 14/06 Partial Refusals
• 13/06 Wording of Disclaimers and Limitations
• 12/06 Registrability of non-English words
• 11/06 Relative Grounds for Refusal
• 10/06 Letter and numeral marks
• 9/06 Section 3(1)(d) of the Act
• 8/06 Relevancy
• 7/06 Retail Services: search of the Register
• 6/06 Evidence of distinctiveness acquired through use
• 5/06 Wide and Vague specifications
• 4/06 The names of the Royal Family
• 3/06 Examples of marks considered to be objectionable under Section 3(3)(a)
• 2/06 Colour Trade Marks
• 1/06 Slogans
• 6/05 Retail Services
• 5/05 Trade mark applications covering tobacco products or applications for trade marks which cover non-tobacco products where the trade mark is the same or similar.

The following notices show changes to practice which are not included anywhere in the Work Manual.

• 2/04 Trade marks owned by partnerships
• 2/03 Period of Time Allowed for Responding to Objections Raised by the Office in Examination Reports
• 12/02 Certification Services being claimed in trade mark applications
• 10/02 Citing practice on 'Alcopops'
• 9/02 E, I and M Prefixed Marks
• 2/01 Section 3 and Section 5 practice in relation to applications made to register a mark as both a trade mark and a Collective Mark, or as both a trade mark and Certification Mark
• 1/01 The conduct of Ex Parte Hearings