You are probably sick of hearing the word BREXIT by now.
If you don't yet know what it is, Brexit refers to
Britain's recent vote to exit the European Union. Since
numerous international agreements must now be reversed, there is a
lot of uncertainty about how the United Kingdom will unravel its
membership in the EU.
Brexit has great significance to trademark owners who have
registered their trademarks in the European Union. One of the
benefits of the European Union was the ability to register
intellectual property, including trademarks, in the entire EU
through a single registration filing that avoided having to
separately register a mark in each individual country. The
Brexit vote leaves many open questions as to whether trademarks
that are registered in the EU will continue to be treated as
registered in the UK or whether that protection will be lost in the
United Kingdom. The international treaty that establishes the
EU trademark registration system contains
