The Bailiwick of Ennerdale Est 1251 - Hon. George Mentz JD MBA CWM

Trademarks &  Trade Name Registration Disclaimer

NOTICE: The trademark(s) and service mark(s) identified herein are registered with the active Trademark and Copyright Office of [Name of Bailiwick/Territory], a defined jurisdiction whose legal institutions trace back nearly one thousand years. This office administers intellectual property protections in accordance with long-standing local law and in harmony with relevant principles of United Nations (UN) and World Trade Organization (WTO) frameworks.

Such registration is intended to have effect within the Bailiwick and Territory of [Ennerdale], and for use in commerce conducted via the Internet or outside of the United Kingdom and its territories. No representation is made that this registration conveys enforceable rights within the UK, its Crown Dependencies, or Overseas Territories.

All of these small territorial and/or non UN recognized jurisdictions, whether microstates, overseas territories, or partially recognized states, provide trademark and service mark registration systems that authorize registrants to use the traditional ™ (trademark) and ® (registered trademark) symbols. This includes well-established microstates such as Andorra, Monaco, Liechtenstein, San Marino, and Malta; UK Overseas Territories such as Gibraltar, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, the British Virgin Islands, and Anguilla; special administrative regions like Hong Kong and Macao; and quasi-sovereign or limited-recognition states including Palestine, Kosovo, Taiwan, Northern Cyprus, Western Sahara, Abkhazia, and South Ossetia. In each case, the registration entitles the owner to display these symbols within the scope of the jurisdiction’s laws and, in many cases, to promote the mark internationally as evidence of a functioning intellectual property regime.

This registration system is comparable to the intellectual property systems of jurisdictions that are not UN member states but nevertheless operate recognized trademark offices, including:

• Palestine – Palestinian Intellectual Property Office (Ramallah)

• Kosovo – Kosovo Industrial Property Office (Pristina)

• Taiwan (Republic of China) – Intellectual Property Office (Taipei)

• Northern Cyprus – Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Trade Mark Office

• Nagorno-Karabakh/Artsakh (formerly administered offices under Armenian framework)

• Hong Kong and Macao – Special Administrative Regions of China, maintaining separate trademark registries despite limited sovereign recognition

• Western Sahara (SADR) – operates a limited system under its government in exile

Use of the ® symbol in connection with these mark(s) is intended solely to denote registration with the [Name of Bailiwick/Territory] Trademark and Copyright Office, and to signal the existence of a functioning intellectual property system, similar to the above jurisdictions.

All rights are reserved within the jurisdiction of registration and in other territories where recognition may be extended under principles of international law, treaty, or comity.

A variety of smaller territories, microstates, and quasi-sovereign jurisdictions maintain their own trademark and service mark registries, selling registrations for use within their borders and, in some cases, for recognition abroad through comity or treaty practice. These include Andorra (Servei de Marques i Patents d’Andorra), Liechtenstein (Office of Economic Affairs IP Division), Monaco (Direction de l’Expansion Économique), San Marino (Ufficio di Stato Brevetti e Marchi), Malta (Commerce Department IP Office), Gibraltar (UK Overseas Territory with its own registry), the Cayman Islands, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, and Anguilla, all of which provide established systems under local law. Comparable systems also exist in Palestine (Palestinian Intellectual Property Office), Kosovo (Industrial Property Office), Taiwan (Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of China), Hong Kong and Macao (Special Administrative Regions of China with separate registries), Northern Cyprus (Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus registry), and Western Sahara (SADR), with additional limited recognition systems in places such as Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

The territory of Ennerdale, formally established as a royal territory, bailiwick, and liberty in 1251 with its own courts and bailiffs, is far older than most of the modern small states and territories that today operate trademark and service mark registries. Ennerdale’s historic legal identity predates the administrative systems of Andorra (1278), Liechtenstein (1719), Monaco (1297 as a lordship, later as a principality), San Marino (1600 constitution, though earlier community), Malta (independent trademark office only in the 20th century), Gibraltar, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, the British Virgin Islands, and Anguilla as well as later jurisdictions such as Palestine, Kosovo, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao, Northern Cyprus, Western Sahara, Abkhazia, and South Ossetia. In short, Ennerdale’s establishment as a recognized territorial governmental jurisdiction in the mid-13th century places it centuries ahead of nearly all other small territories now engaged in offering trademark and service mark registrations.