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CITMA Spring Conference and INTA 2025 attendance
Join Lysaght at the 2025 CITMA Spring Conference and INTA Annual Meeting. Connect with our experts to discuss global IP trends and strategies.
United Kingdom – Tightening the rules on rights of representation at the UKIPO
All new UK applications for patents, trade marks or designs must appoint an address for service in the UK, Gibraltar or the Channel Islands. Since 01 January 2024, all comparable trade marks and re-registered designs derived from EU rights post-Brexit must have a UK address for service to respond to challenges filed by third parties.
United Kingdom - Address for Service for Comparable Rights
From 1 January 2024, it will be necessary to record an address for service in the UK, the Channel Islands or Gibraltar against comparable rights when they are subject to challenge by third parties.