In the summer of 2021, the Intellectual Property Office (“IPO”) launched a widely publicised public consultation into UK copyright law after Brexit. For the publishing industry, one of the most significant changes being contemplated was to the UK’s exhaustion of intellectual property regime, which sets the rules for parallel imports of intellectual property (“IP”) protected …
EU Trade Marks and Brexit
Like many aspects of Brexit, the future remains uncertain. Commercial common sense dictates that in the world of intellectual property, like many other areas, agreement will need to be reached between the UK and EU which preserves the ability to trade and conduct commercial relations on a continuing basis. However, in the absence of agreement …