The UK formally left the EU on 31 January 2020 but under the terms of the Withdrawal Agreement agreed between the UK and the EU this will commence a transition period until at least 31 December 2020. There will be no legal effect of Brexit on statutory IP rights until the end of the transition period. Whilst for some purposes the UK will be outside the EU during the transition period, all EU IP law will continue to cover the UK in the same way that it does now, with... Read more

British Prime Minister Theresa May declared that the Brexit negotiation process will begin by trigering article 50 which means that in 2019 the UK will leave the EU. She has also announced a bill that will incorporate EU legislation into British law which is reassuring for IP owners and IP Law firms but it does not cover the subject of what will happen to existing or new trademark applications after the Brexit. Duncan Ribbons, partner at Redd Solicitors, states that although a good idea, encapsulating EU legislation into British law... Read more