Brexit news
It is important for the role of intellectual property (IP) rights and the role Chartered Trade Mark Attorneys play to be considered at every step of the Brexit negotiation process.
Since the European Union (EU) Referendum result was announced in June 2016 we have taken a lead on developing options and solutions for the continued protection of registered EU IP rights in the UK. We are also leading on ensuring the rights of our members to represent their clients and organisations before the EU Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO).
UK IPO updates address for service guidance
Ahead of the upcoming changes to address for service rules for comparable trade marks and re-registered designs, the UK IPO has published updated guidance on the requirements.
UK government announces no action on exhaustion
The government needs more time to explore the UK’s future exhaustion of intellectual property (IP) regime meaning there will be no imminent change, it has announced.
Deadline looms for pending EU rights
Earlier UK filing dates for some 70,000 trade marks are still eligible to claimed with the deadline just six weeks away.
UK IPO's warning about priority filings
Just ten weeks remain until the filing deadline for UK priority applications based on rights that were pending at the EUIPO on 1st January 2021.
May 2021 - post-Brexit Q&A
Five months on from the end of the Brexit transition period we wanted to tie up some of the loose ends and provide as much clarity as possible on some of the technical points we have been raising with the UK IPO on your behalf.
UK IPO extends bulk change of address service
The UK IPO has announced that it is extending its bulk change of address service until 30th September 2021.
Refiling comparable word marks
We have received an update from the UK IPO about filing dates for refiled UK trade mark applications.
Update on filing dates and international designs
Nearly two months since the re-creation of EU rights and designations as comparable UK rights, we have continued to keep in touch with the UK IPO with the issues and queries you have raised about these.
Re-registered international designs now available
International designs designating the EU that were registered before 1st January 2021 are now available to view or search on the UK register.
Latest information on UK comparable rights
The UK IPO has provided answers to a number of queries raised on UK comparable rights, created at the end of the Brexit transition period.
Exhaustion is main post-Brexit “question mark”
Intellectual Property Magazine’s Brexit podcast panel, including Richard Goddard, returned to discuss future issues for IP following Brexit.
UK IPO bulk change of address
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.
EU trade marks recreated in the UK
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.
Post-transition UK IPO practice
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.
IPReg clarifies use of European titles
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.
Latest UK IPO and EUIPO information
Read new information from the UK IPO and EUIPO, including when EU rights will appear on UK IPO databases, how late comparable rights renewals will be handled by the UK IPO and opt-outs.