As is known, the United Kingdom withdrew from the European Union on 31 January 2020. One of the unresolved questions was the effect that this withdrawal would have on the so-called Unified Patent Court which is being set up as a litigation forum for Unified European Patents, covering most countries...
Trade and Cooperation Agreement with UK Approved by the European Parliament
The European Parliament finally put its approval to the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the United Kingdom and the European Union on 28 April 2021 and the Agreement came into full effect from Saturday 1 May. The Agreement includes a number of measures on protection of intellectual property which we...
Dot.EU domain names suspended
The beginning of 2021 saw the end of the transition period whilst the United Kingdom exited the European Union. As a result, companies and individuals based in the UK can no longer hold .EU domain names as only the following persons, companies or organisations are eligible to register .eu domain...
EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement
The European Union and the United Kingdom finally completed their negotiations on a trade and cooperation agreement on Christmas Eve. The published text is available both on the European Commission's and the UK government's website. It comprises 1246 pages of dense text including a number of annexes. In addition there...
Brexit and EU Case Law in the United Kingdom
One of the open questions is the extent to which case law, developed by the European Union's courts, will be binding or persuasive on courts in the United Kingdom after 1 January 2021. The basic principle is that any case law made before the end of 2020 will continue to...
Taking back control leads to GDPR hurdles in the flow of personal data to the UK
In May 2018, the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the UK’s Data Protection Act 2018 came into force. Embedded in the EU Digital Single Market Strategy, the GDPR regulates the handling of personal data of individuals (so-called data subjects) by e.g. companies or other entities engaged in economic...
Brexit – Impact sur les droits de Propriété Industrielle
Le retrait du Royaume-Uni de l'Union européenne soulève un certain nombre de questions concernant l'impact sur les droits de PI existants et futurs. La fin de la phase transitoire du Brexit, réglementée par l'accord sur le retrait du Royaume-Uni, de la Grande-Bretagne et de l'Irlande du Nord de l'Union européenne...
Brexit and Intellectual Property
The withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union raises a number of questions regarding the impact on existing and future intellectual property rights. The end of the Brexit transition period set out in the Agreement on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland...
IP-Rechte und BREXIT
Der Austritt des Vereinigten Königreiches aus der Europäischen Union wirft einige Fragen hinsichtlich der Auswirkungen auf bestehende und zukünftige IP-Schutzrechte auf. Das Ende der im Austrittsabkommen über den Austritt des Vereinigten Königreichs Großbritannien und Nordirland aus der Europäischen Union geregelten Brexit-Übergangsphase zum 31. Dezember 2020 naht. Fraglich ist, ob bis...
UK Design Rights after Brexit
As from the end of 2020, registered designs in the European Union will no longer be protected in the United Kingdom. The UK will be establishing a comparable design right for all holders of existing registered designs.