The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) in January 2018 published a Q&A document titled “Impact of the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union on the European Union trade mark and the Community design” which discusses the EUIPO’s view of the potential legal effect of Brexit on EU registered…

The EU Commission on 7 September 2017 published its eagerly awaited position paper on intellectual property rights post Brexit. To retrieve the paper, please click here. In a nutshell Recognizing that Brexit will create uncertainty for both the UK and the EU in relation to the scope of protection of…

The UK Government has announced that it will continue preparations to ratify the UPC Agreement to bring the system into effect “as soon as possible”^[1]. If the UK and German governments do indeed ratify the UPC Agreement in the coming months, this would mean that the UPC system could start as early as mid-2017.