The UKIPO has informed the Anti-Counterfeiting Group of some practical steps that it will take when issuing a comparable UK registered trademark for each current EU registered trademark after IP Completion Day on 31 December 2020. The UK's departure from the EU means that the UKIPO will be creating over 2 million new UK trademarks and designs.
The full Anti-Counterfeiting Group update can be accessed here. The UKIPO guidance outlines that:
For more of our analysis of Brexit's impact on intellectual property law and procedure please see the Related Materials publications to the right of this text.
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