Schedule 2B, Part 1, paragraph 9

Section 47 applies where an earlier trade mark is a comparable trade mark (IR), subject to the modifications set out below. Where the period of five years referred to in sections 47(2A)(a) and 47(2B) (the “five-year period”) has expired before IP completion day— the references in section 47(2B) and (2E) to the earlier trade mark are to be treated as references to the corresponding (IR); and the references in section 47 to the United Kingdom include the European Union. Where IP completion day falls within the five-year period, in respect of that part of the five-year period which falls before IP completion day— the references in section 47(2B) and (2E) to the earlier trade mark are to be treated as references to the corresponding (IR); and the references in section 47 to the United Kingdom include the European Union.

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