For many years, brand holders have taken advantage of the
comparatively inexpensive EU trade mark registration system to get
registered rights in their trade marks covering all member
countries of the European Union by filing a single trade mark
application.
Since the shock referendum in the United Kingdom (UK) UK on 23
June 2016, which resulted in what was quickly and aptly named
"Brexit", there has been a serious question mark over the
status of EU trade mark owners' rights in the UK and, in
particular, whether such rights will be recognised and enforceable
in the UK after the implementation of Brexit (which is now set to
happen on 30 March 2019).
In the absence of specific regulation to the contrary, the
implication of Brexit for EU trade mark owners would be that their
registered trade mark rights would not be recognised in the UK.
