What comes first – Brexit or the Unitary Patent?
The UK’s Brexit Bill has cleared its last hurdle, but according to the current timetable the first Unitary Patents will issue before the UK leaves the EU.
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The UK’s Brexit Bill has cleared its last hurdle, but according to the current timetable the first Unitary Patents will issue before the UK leaves the EU.
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It is now a little over a month since the majority of those voting in the UK referendum advised the UK Government that they wished to leave the European Union – they wanted Brexit. In that time, we have had a change in Prime Minister, and many of the implications of the decision and the […]
On 23 June the UK voted to leave the EU. Brexit, as it is known, will have a profound effect on many aspects of our lives as IP practitioners. Today we attempt to answer some of the more pressing questions and to explain what the process involves and how it may affect our clients. For […]
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