What does a no deal Brexit mean for trade marks and designs?
The Institute for Government is not optimistic about a deal We know what the EU27 and UK would like to see in terms of IP and Brexit but as the prospect of a deal being reached before 29 March 2019 looks increasingly unlikely, it's time to ask: what will happen if there is no deal? Under a deal, EU designs and trade marks would be automatically converted to UK rights, apparently at no cost. This does not look to be available if there is no deal. Instead, it is likely that the EU trade mark and Community registered and unregistered designs would cease to apply in the UK and until legislation is put in place which offers protection on similar terms, there will be no equivalent protection in the UK. The UK government is rolling out various technical notices on a UK no deal scenario throughout September. The first collection of these notices is available here . While there is some consideration of the impact of importing and exporting as well as product labelling, the current ...