IP/N/1/IRL/100  
IP/N/1/IRL/T/19  
 
9 August 2023  
(23-5415)  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  
IRELAND : TRADE MARKS (AMENDMENT) RULES 2019  
(S.I. NO. 628/2019)  
Notifying Member  IRELAND  
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title TRADE MARKS (AMENDMENT) RULES 2019 (S.I. NO. 628/2019)  
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/2023/IP/IRL/23_10890_00_e.pdf  
Notification status  [  ] First notification  
[X] Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
[  ] Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  IP/N/1/IRL/T/10 ; IP/N/1/IRL/T/2  
Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
The amendment of Rule 10 is a consequence of the separation of procedures for dealing with 
rectifications of the register and revocations (Rule 41) from those dealing with applications for 
declarations of invalidity (now under new Rule 41A).  
 
The inclusion of new Rule 17A is to set out the modalities for filing observations on bad faith grounds 
in relation to a trademark application.  
 
The inclusion of new Rule 18A is for the purpose of setting a maximum period for a ny stay requested 
in opposition proceedings.  
 
The amendment to Rule 19 is to set out when, in opposition proceedings, an applicant for the 
registration of a trademark may request the opponent to furnish proof of use.  
 
The amendment to Rule 20 sets out the  requirements for an opponent, subject to a request pursuant 
to section 43A of the Trade Marks Act of 1996, to file proof of use of their trademark.  
 
The amendments to Rule 41 are for the purposes of confining the rule to provisions relating to 
revocation s and rectifications of the register.  
 
New Rules 41A, 41B and 41C are for the purposes of setting out separate procedures for a declaration 
of invalidity which were previously in Rule 41.  IP/N/1/IRL/100 • IP/N/1/IRL/T/19  
 
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  The amendment to Rule 60 is to ensure that applications for a declaration of invalidity continue to 
be available for inspection under certain prescribed conditions.  
 
The amendment to Rule 63 is to provide that the time -period for filing a counter -statement in 
invalidity proceedings cannot be extend ed beyond the period provided for in Rule 41B(1).  
 
The amendment to Schedule 3 of SI 482 of 2001 - Patents, Trade Marks and Designs (Fees) 
Rules,  2001 is for the purposes of inserting a reference to new Rule 41A in the fee item at 
reference  No. 15. 
 
Lang uage(s) of 
notified legal text English  
Entry into force  11 December 2019  
Other date   Adoption: 11 December 2019  
 
Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  8 May 2023  
Other information   
Agency or 
authority 
responsible  Intellectual Property Unit  
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment  
 
trademarks@enterprise.gov.ie  
 
 
 
* 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.