Trade marks policy issues

We are responsible for formulating and delivering UK policy trade mark topics.  The following detail the latest position on the main issues that we deal with:

Parallel or grey imports

Parallel or "grey" imports are goods which have been marketed for the first time by the rights owner, or with his consent, outside the European Community and are then imported into the Community

Reform of the community trademark leglislation

Since early 2003, a comprehensive reform of the Community Trade Mark legislation has been taking place.

Trade mark & internet domain names

The Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) was introduced in 1999 by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).