UK design registration database - design cloning process update
11 November 2021
The UKIPO has been updating the UK design register to include all newly cloned UK design registrations stemming from affected…
WIPO – update for Hague design applications designating Japan
11 November 2021
In what is very welcome news, WIPO has recently announced a significant streamlining of international Hague registered design applications which…
Post Brexit designs refresher: five important changes and a noteworthy action point for August 2021
29 July 2021
The United Kingdom completed its departure from the European Union (EU) when the Brexit transition period ended on 31 December…
Look sharp! The importance of robust and objective evidence
01 July 2021
A recent request to invalidate a registered community design failed due to the insufficiency of the evidence provided. The decision…
Happy birthday to the German Federal Patent Court!
01 July 2021
On 01 July 1961, sixty years ago to the day, the Bundespatentgericht (also known as the BPatG or in English…
UKIPO corporate plan 2021-2022 - creating a world-leading IP environment
29 June 2021
On Thursday 20 May 2021, the UK Intellectual Property Office announced its corporate plan for 2021-2022. The plan outlines how…
UK Government launches consultation on exhaustion of IP rights
10 June 2021
In the European Economic Area (EEA), namely the member states of the European Union plus Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, IP…
Original Beauty Technology v G4K Fashion: “Passing off is not a tort of unfair competition”
10 May 2021
Original Beauty Technology (the claimants)s and G4K Fashion (the defendants) operate online businesses and design and sell “bodycon” and “bandage”…
Brexit and the UK design registration database – cloning process almost (but not yet fully) complete
05 May 2021
Following the end of the transition period on 31 December 2020 concerning the departure of the United Kingdom from the…
Launch of the UKIPO One IPO transformation programme
26 April 2021
On Friday 22 April the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) launched its One IPO transformation programme. The One IPO programme…
The World Intellectual Property Day: IP & SMEs
26 April 2021
Monday 26 April 2021 is “World Intellectual Property Day”. Since the year 2000 World IP Day has celebrated IP rights…
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