英国脱欧与商标—从知产角度看脱欧系列

英国脱欧将导致欧盟商标实务的重大变化。

Brexit will bring significant changes to European trade mark practice.

2021年1月1日起，欧盟商标（EUTM）的地域保护范围将仅涵盖其余27个欧盟成员国，商标在英国的保护必须通过向英国知识产权局（UKIPO）提交申请才能获得。

As from 1 January 2021, EU trade mark (EUTM)’s territorial scope of protection will be limited to the territory of the remaining 27 EU member states (“EU27”), and trade mark protection in the UK must be obtained via a UK trade mark application filed at the UK intellectual property office (UKIPO).

已注册的欧盟商标可继续在英国获得保护，为此英国知识产权局将把所有在2020年12月31日前已注册的欧盟商标及指定欧盟的国际商标自动转化成英国商标。我们强烈建议商标所有人指定一位英国商标代理人作为转化后的英国商标的联系人。麦仕奇可为商标所有人提供免费服务，将转化商标的信息加入我们的档案、为维持权利所需的续展申请提供建议、成为商标的指定联系人。

To provide continuity of protection in the UK for holders of registered EUTMs, the UKIPO will automatically create comparable UK trade marks for all EUTMs and EU designations of international trade marks that are registered before 31 December 2020. It is highly recommended to appoint a UK-based trade mark attorney as the address for service for the comparable UK trade marks. Marks and Clerk offers a free service whereby we will add the details of the comparable trade marks on to our records, advise of any renewal actions required to maintain the comparable rights and appoint ourselves as the address for service.

到2020年12月31日仍处于审查之中的欧盟商标不会被自动转化成英国商标。但将有9个月的宽限期，直至2021年9月30日为止，在此期间商标申请人可以在英国重新提交相同商标的注册申请。如果申请符合形式要件，则原欧盟申请的申请日将视为英国申请的申请日，并作为标准的英国商标申请进行审查。

Holders of EUTM applications that are pending on 31 December 2020 will not receive a UK comparable trade mark. There will be a 9-month grace period expiring on 30 September 2021 for holders to re-file a corresponding trade mark application in the UK. If the application for the corresponding trade mark meets the formality requirements, the application will  benefit from the same filing date as the EUTM application, and will be treated as a standard UK trade mark application.

从2021年起，如果申请人希望在欧盟27国及英国均获得商标保护，我们建议申请人委托同一位代理人同时管理英国和欧盟的商标，这比分别委托英国和欧盟的代理人更有效率。针对相同商标同时办理英国和欧盟申请的情形，麦仕奇将提供20%的服务费折扣。

From 2021 onwards, if a party would like to obtain protection of its trade mark in EU27 and the UK, we recommend instructing a single representative to manage both the UK and EUTM work which is admistraively more efficient than instructing separate UK and EU representatives. Marks and Clerk will offer a discounted rate of 20% of our professional fees if both the UK and the EU filings are instructed for the same mark. 

有好的英国事务所，也有好的欧盟事务所，两者皆好的事务所寥寥无几，麦仕奇即是其中之一。麦仕奇在欧盟27国（尤其是法国、卢森堡）和英国均有办公室和商标代理人。来自英国、法国和卢森堡办公室的商标专家共同组成麦仕奇的泛欧洲商标团队。我们能够通过单一联络人的方式协助您在欧盟27国和英国获得商标保护。而且，我们除了专长于英国及欧盟商标法和实务之外，还对英国脱欧之于知识产权的影响有着深刻了解。

There are good UK firms and there are good EU firms, but few firms are both. Being one of the few, Marks and Clerk has offices and trade mark attorneys in both the EU27 countries (in particular, France and Luxembourg) and the UK. At Marks and Clerk, our trade mark professionals from the UK, France and Luxembourg offices work together to form a single pan-European trademark team. We are able to assist you in obtaining trade mark protection in EU27 and the UK via a single point of contact. In addition to our expertise in UK and EUTM law and practice, we have detailed knowledge on the IP brexit implications.

英国已离开欧盟，但麦仕奇从未离开。

The UK has left the EU, but Marks & Clerk has not.

brexit@marks-clerk.com

更多内容，请点击“阅读原文”

For more information, please click “Read more”

www.marks-clerk.com/Brexit#