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Guidance: New signs notified under Article 6ter of the Paris Convention

Intellectual Property Office

October 18
15:27 2024

Article 6ter of the Paris Convention is an international treaty to which the UK is a party. It protects armorial bearings, flags, official signs, hallmarks and other State emblems of the States party to the Convention. Armorial bearings, flags, emblems, abbreviations and names of international intergovernmental organisations are also protected, provided a party to the Convention is a member.

Signs under this Convention are protected against use or registration as trade marks by third parties, unless authorised by the relevant party to the Convention.

This document details howinterested parties can raise concerns regarding newly published signs.

Updates to this page

Published 15 December 2023
Last updated 18 October 2024 +show all updates
  1. New signs notified under Article 6ter of the Paris Convention updated.

  2. Amendment made to bullet point 'WIPO published new signs on 29 March 2024. Correspondence must be filed with the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) by 31 January 2025

  3. First published.

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