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August 2026
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Trademark & IPTrade Marks Registry holds Friday hearings till December 2026 to close oppositions that are settled or to be withdrawn
Opposition drive: FridaysNew facilityThe Trade Marks Registry has begun a Special Disposal Drive for opposition proceedings where parties want to withdraw the application or opposition or have settled. Hearings are on every working Friday from 4 September till December 2026, in hybrid mode, taken up by the filing year of the trade mark application.
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Trademark & IPDraft Trade Marks Manual: what counts as proof of prior use, and how a mark gets on the well-known list
Draft Trade Marks ManualComments invitedThe Trade Marks Registry’s draft Manual of Trade Marks — Practice & Procedure runs to seven chapters, from filing to renewal. Chapter 7 sorts user evidence into “primary” and “secondary” documents and sets out the well-known mark procedure under rule 124. It is a draft, not final practice.
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