The reasons set down in the Trade Marks Act for refusing to register a mark by considering it purely on its own merits. The address to which the Trade Marks Registry will send all correspondence relating to a particular trade mark application. This must be an address in the UK , and will usually be the address of an agent or attorney, if one has been appointed. Applicant A person who makes a trade mark application.
Several people can apply jointly for a trade mark, as can organisations.
The legal transfer of the ownership of a trade mark from one person, or organisation, to another. A request for information about an application or registered mark. Certification mark A specific type of mark, registered in the name of trade associations, government departments, technical institutes or similar bodies, which provides a guarantee that the goods or services bearing the mark meet a certain defined standard or possess a particular characteristic, as laid down by the owner. A statement of fact about the details of any application or registered mark certified as true by the Trade Marks Registry. The term normally used to describe the system of categorising goods and services of a similar kind into internationally agreed groups or classes for ease of identification and searching.