With the withdrawal agreement ratified in late 2019, the UK formally left the European Union on 31 January 2020, entering an additional 11 month transition period.
With the withdrawal agreement ratified in late 2019, the UK formally left the European Union on 31 January 2020, entering an additional 11 month transition period.
While this brings about changes for the UK's relationship with Europe, your relationship with Potter Clarkson will not change in any way. It will not disrupt the services we provide to you - it is business as usual. As a pan-European intellectual property law firm, with offices in multiple EU-member states, our ability to support clients in all aspects of IP is completely unaffected by any Brexit-related changes.
With many clients facing uncertainty surrounding Brexit and with the deadline of 31 December 2020 fast approaching, we have set out below the position as it currently stands, along with our recommendations to ensure trade mark rights and domain names remain protected.
UK national trade mark rights
UK national trade mark rights will be unaffected by the UK's departure from the EU. This means that any trade marks, including International or Madrid Protocol Trade Mark Registrations (WIPO) that design
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