Brexit

International designs designating the EU that were registered before 1st January 2021 are now available to view or search on the UK register.

Intellectual Property Magazine’s Brexit podcast panel, including Richard Goddard, returned to discuss future issues for IP following Brexit.

Representative address details on newly created comparable UK trade marks and designs can be updated in bulk thanks to a new service launched by the UK IPO.

More than two million trade marks and designs registered at the EU Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) have been recreated in the UK ensuring continuation of protection.

Details of the impact new legislation has on practice before the UK IPO has been published. The legal changes come into force on 1st January 2021.

The Intellectual Property Regulation Board (IPReg) has confirmed that titles including the term ‘European’ can be used by UK attorneys post-Brexit, but the announcement came with an important caveat.

Find the links to the latest UK IPO and EUIPO guidance on post-Brexit trade marks and designs.

To help you prepare for 31st December we have put together a checklist of things you you should be considering.

The legal means to bring in changes to the UK IPO address for service rules has today been laid in Parliament.

New trade mark, design and patent applications and oppositions from January 2021 will need a UK address for service the Government has confirmed.

There will be a real day-to-day change to the level of coverage unregistered design rights provide businesses post-Brexit, as John Coldham explains.

The freedom for the UK to depart from EU trade mark law is more theoretical than it may first appear, Daniel Alexander QC told delegates at our Autumn Conference.