• Detailed guide: Changes to SPC and patent law after Brexit

    What will change and what will stay the same in relation to Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs) and patent law: information for businesses, legal representatives, and UK rights holders. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/changes-to-spc-and-patent-law-after-brexit Content Reproduced verbatim from the Website of the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) as permitted under their Terms of Use.

     
  • Detailed guide: Changes to trade mark law after Brexit

    Guidance for businesses and organisations holding EU trade marks after the UK leaves the EU. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/changes-to-trade-mark-law-after-brexit Content Reproduced verbatim from the Website of the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) as permitted under their Terms of Use.

     
  • Guidance: Performers’ rights

    Performers in literary, dramatic or musical works have certain rights in how those works can then be used. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/performers-rights Content Reproduced verbatim from the Website of the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) as permitted under their Terms of Use.

     
  • Detailed guide: Exhaustion of IP rights and parallel trade after Brexit

    Actions that parallel exporters to the EEA and intellectual property rights holders will need to take after Brexit. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/exhaustion-of-ip-rights-and-parallel-trade-after-brexit Content Reproduced verbatim from the Website of the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) as permitted under their Terms of Use.

     
  • Detailed guide: Intellectual property and Brexit

    Guidance on trade marks, designs, patents right law, and exhaustion of IP rights after Brexit. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/intellectual-property-and-brexit Content Reproduced verbatim from the Website of the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) as permitted under their Terms of Use.

     
  • Press release: ‘Cracking Ideas’ competition launched for young inventors.

    The competition is open for youngsters aged 5 to 11 to design an invention that ‘makes life better’. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/cracking-ideas-competition-launched-for-young-inventors Content Reproduced verbatim from the Website of the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) as permitted under their Terms of Use.

     
  • News story: 1 November 2019: Update to the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) fees

    The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) fee structure changes on 1 November 2019. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/1-november-2019-update-to-the-patent-cooperation-treaty-pct-fees Content Reproduced verbatim from the Website of the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) as permitted under their Terms of Use.

     
  • Decision: Designs hearing decision O/571/19

    Outcome of request to invalidate, hearing held on 27 September 2019. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/designs-hearing-decision-o57119 Content Reproduced verbatim from the Website of the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) as permitted under their Terms of Use.

     
  • Research and analysis: Gender profiles in worldwide patenting: An analysis of female inventorship (2019 edition)

    This report provides experimental statistics of recent trends in female inventorship across the world and in the UK. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/gender-profiles-in-worldwide-patenting-an-analysis-of-female-inventorship-2019-edition Content Reproduced verbatim from the Website of the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) as permitted under their Terms of Use.

     
  • Regulation (EC) No 1610/96 of the European Parliament and of the council (Plant Protection Products)

    Section (SPP0.01 – SPP21.01) last updated: October 2019. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/manual-of-patent-practice-mopp/regulation-ec-no-1610-96-of-the-european-parliament-and-of-the-council-plant-protection-products Content Reproduced verbatim from the Website of the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) as permitted under their Terms of Use.