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Address for Service for UK IP Rights

Wednesday, 27 December 2023

Ian Tollett

Trade Marks General IP

When the UK left the EU, the Intellectual Property Office created UK comparable registrations derived from EU trade marks and designs. Updates to the UKIPO address for service policy relating to these comparable rights are coming into force from 1 January 2024, details of which can be found below. Failure to have a correctly appointed UK address fo...

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UK IP rights - address for service changes

Tuesday, 29 December 2020

Jonathan Exell

Patents Trade Marks

As of 1 January 2021, a UK, Gibraltar or Channel Islands address for service will be required for any new UK IP rights. This change has received parliamentary approval and is implemented in a UK IPO notice (TPN 2/2020) dated 21 December 2020. Action should be taken and we would be very happy to assist. If your IP rights are&nbs...

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