30/01/2020
IPO guidance in IPO issues arising at the end of the Brexit implementation period
Subject: Intellectual property/Brexit consequences
Source: GOV.UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO)
The IPO has published a set of guidance notes on IPO issues for businesses after the transition period:
* Intellectual property: exhaustion of IP rights and parallel trade after the transition period: actions that parallel exporters to the EEA and intellectual property rights holders will need to take from 1 January 2021;
* Copyright:
- changes to copyright law after the transition period: impacts on UK right holders, businesses, cultural heritage institutions and consumers;
- orphan works and cultural heritage institutions: Cultural heritage institutions will not be able to rely on the orphan works exception after the end of the transition period.
* Database right:
- How protection in the EU for databases produced in the UK will change.
* Designs:
- Businesses holding registered community designs and international trade marks and designs;
- Businesses who have unregistered community designs;
* Online content services after the transition period.
* Patents and SPCs: information for businesses, legal representatives, and UK rights holders.
* Trade marks:
- Businesses and organisations holding EU trade marks;
- international trade mark registrations protected in the EU under the Madrid Protocol will no longer enjoy protection in the UK after 1 January 2021.