Read This Before Assigning an Unregistered Trademark in the UK
by Pamela Chestek • November 30, 2012 • trademark • 0 Comments
IP Finance has an important post for those who do international transactional work. It seems that under UK law, an unregistered trademark, unlike a registered trademark, may NOT be assigned without the the business to which it is attached. In Iliffe News and Media Ltd & Ors v Revenue & Customs [2012] UKFTT 696 (TC) the assignment was for tax purposes, which therefore necessarily fell apart. Read the full post here.
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