The UK has left the EU, but for IP rights in the UK everything is very much the same for the duration of the transition period (currently ending at 23.00 on 31 December 2020) during which the UK continues to be treated as part of the EU from the point of view of EU legislation. At the end of transition, the UK Government will provide replacement rights for what were previously EU-wide rights that were current at the end of transition, but all is not as straightforward as that might sound.
Read our updated guide to Intellectual Property and Brexit (February 2020).
For more on Brexit generally, see the Herbert Smith Freehills Brexit Legal Guide 2020.
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