Brand owners seeking to do business in Europe are well-advised to apply to register their key brands as trademarks. With the United Kingdom formally leaving the European Union as of January 31, brand owners seeking protection in the UK will have two choices: i) they can wait to extend their trademark registrations from the European Union pursuant to a transition process expected to be finalized in the year ahead; or ii) they can plan pro-actively to file UK trademark applications in the months ahead, before the “Brexit” transition is complete.
記事によれば、英国での商標登録の保護を求める場合、１）移行期間の終了時に期待される移行処理による保護の英国への拡張を待つ、或いは２）移行期間の終了までに積極的に英国の商標出願を行う、を選ぶことになりそうです。移行期間の終了と共にどうなるかの動向を注視する必要があります。
🇪🇺🇬🇧 #BrexitDay – After 47 years of membership, the UK is leaving the EU.
However, until 31 December 2020, EU law remains applicable to and in the UK.
This extends to the EU trade marks and Registered community design Regulations and their implementing instruments. pic.twitter.com/XKzTnzo9Cf
— European Union Intellectual Property Office (@EU_IPO) January 31, 2020
Information on trade marks, designs, patents, copyright, and exhaustion of IP rights during the transition period.
情報源: Intellectual property and the transition period – GOV.UK
