Due to the UK-EU withdrawal agremment, European intellectual property rights experienced a clonation within the UK registre. This conversion took place on 1 January 2021, when the separation betwen EU and UK became a reality.
In terms of European Trademarks and European designs registred before the end of transition within the the European Intellectual Property office, from 1 January 2021, these IP rights became in UK intellectual property rights.
Those IP rights built by International Trademarks designating EU were also converted in UK national IP rights, however, out of Madrid and Hague Systems.
European Patents Convention has remained unchanged since The UK is still membre of the Convention.
The coverage protection has not experienced any change, cloned IP rights are protected in EU and UK terrirories, UK companies and individual are able to apply for European Trademarks and Designs. Although they may need, in certain cases. An address within the European Economic Area address for service.
On the other hand, the UK elaborated a new regulation related to unregistered design similar to UCD, known as the suplementary design right, wich is only aplicable in the UK. This post-brexit reguslation ensures the same automatic protection as the UCD in terms of disclosed designs in the UK.
Copyright regulation has not been affected by the UK-EU withdrawal agremment since the protection is settled by International treaties such as Berne Convention Treaty.
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