In accordance with the Withdrawal Agreement concluded between representatives of the EU and the UK on January 24, the UK will leave the EU as from 1 February 2020.<\/p>\n\n
After January 31, 2020 there will be a transitional period until December 31, 2020 where the parties are negotiating about a new trade agreement. During this period, EU law still applies in the UK, and your intellectual property rights are not affected. If the parties have not agreed on a new agreement, on January 31, 2021, it will be the day of what is called a “hard Brexit”, i.e. exit without any bilateral trade agreement.<\/p>\n\n
The UK has stated that registered European design and trademark rights will be transformed into national rights in the UK even in the event of a hard Brexit. Special rules may apply to applications submitted but not granted at the time of Brexit.<\/p>\n\n
The existing European cooperation on patents (EPO) is not regulated by EU law and is therefore not affected by Brexit.<\/p>\n\n
Nor\u00e9ns monitors the development and can assist with advice on these issues.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In accordance with the Withdrawal Agreement concluded between representatives of the EU and the UK on January 24, the UK will leave the EU as from 1 February 2020. After January 31, 2020 there will be a transitional period until December 31, 2020 where the parties are negotiating about a new trade agreement. During this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[94,83,85,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-design-en","category-news","category-patent-en-2","category-trademark-en"],"yoast_head":"\n