Brexit

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.

UK IPO Chief Executive Tim Moss told our Autumn Conference delegates that he hopes to make an announcement on UK address for service soon.

The Government is introducing its own scheme for protecting geographical names of food, drink and agricultural products in the UK.

The EUIPO has reminded firms and individuals to review and update association and representative IDs before the end of the year.

The EUIPO has published detailed Brexit guidance clarifying a number of post-Brexit issues including representation and ongoing proceedings.

CITMA President Richard Goddard joined three other panellists on IP Magazine’s podcast series to discuss all things Brexit – including the lack of clarity relating to the provisions of the withdrawal agreement.

The EUIPO plans to interpret EU trade mark regulations (EUTMR) so that employee representatives ‘must be in the EEA’ to represent before the EUIPO.

The UK IPO has published an ‘informal consultation’ on changes to its address for service rules.

The statutory instrument (SI) to implement the terms of the UK-EU Withdrawal Agreement for intellectual property into UK law has been laid.