4.4 Licensees

An application for an assignment or transmission must include a statement indicating whether the registration of a licensee is amended, cancelled or remains the same.

Where an assignment or transmission results in the cancellation or amendment of a licensee, it is the responsibility of the new owner to inform any licensees of the change in the ownership of the trade mark registration.¹⁵

It is also the responsibility of the new owner to have the existing licensee entry cancelled and to make an application for entry of a new licensee.

Licensees will be changed as a separate action upon a request from an owner or agent.¹⁶

Footnotes

¹⁵See regulation 146(l) of the Trade Marks Regulations 2003.

¹⁶ See Guidelines to Licensees.