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IP/N/1/GBR/T/25  
 
28 September 2020  
(20-6567)  Page: 1/2 
Council for Trade -Related Aspects of  
Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS  
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  
UNITED KINGDOM : THE TRADE MARKS (INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION) ORDER 2008  
Notifying Member  UNITED KINGDOM  
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title The Trade Marks (International Registration) Order 2008  
Subject matter  Trademarks  
Nature of 
notification  [X] Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation  
[  ] Other law or regulation  
Link to legal text* https://ip -documents.info/2020/IP/GBR/20_5743_00_e.pdf  
Notification status  [  ] First notification  
[  ] Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
[X] Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  IP/N/1/GBR/9, IP/N/1/GBR/T/8 ; IP/N/1/GBR/5, IP/N/1/GBR/T/4  
Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
The Order modernizes and replaces The Trade Marks (International Registration) Order 1996. The 
Order gives effect in the UK to the provisions of the Madrid Protocol, the system by which trade 
marks can be registered internationally and subsequently protect ed in the holder's choice of 
designated states or territories. Substantive changes resulting in the Trade Marks Rules 2008 are 
applied to international marks (UK) through the Order.  
 
Language(s) of 
notified legal text English  
Entry into force  1 October 2008; 
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2206/contents/made  
Other date    
 
Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  27 August 2020  IP/N/1/GBR/38 • IP/N/1/GBR/T/25  
 
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  Other information  http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2206/contents/made  - 
Amends/replaces: The Trade Marks (International Registration) Order 1996 
(SI 1996 No 714 as amended)  
 
Agency or 
authority 
responsible  UK Intellectual Property Office  
 
Concept House  
Cardiff Road  
Newport  
South Wales  
NP10 8QQ  
United Kingdom  
 
information@ipo.gov.uk  
 
0300 300 2000  
 
Outside the UK:  
+44 (0)1633 814000  
 
 
* Links are provided to texts of laws and regulations notified under the TRIPS Agreement in the form 
supplied by the Member concerned; the WTO Secretariat does not endorse or revise their content.   