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20 September 2021

30 September 2021: end of the last deadline for the extension to the United Kingdom of the protection of EU trade marks and Community designs


EU trade marks and Community designs pending registration as of 31 December 2020 did not automatically generate comparable UK trade marks or design rights. The deadline to extend protection, while retaining the EU or Community filing/priority dates, ends on 30 September 2021.
Conditions to benefit from the extension of protection in the UK: IP rights concerned: EU trade marks Community designs internationals trade marks designating the EU (...)