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UK-IPO Announces Changes To Protection Of IP Rights Abroad,
by Robin Pilgrim, LawAndTax-News.com, London
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
The UK Intellectual Property Office (UK-IPO) announced on Monday that changes
have been made with regard to protecting UK intellectual property abroad in
Vanuatu and Gambia.
Normally, companies and inventors in the UK need to apply to protect their
Intellectual Property (IP) rights abroad separately to any protection afforded
in the United Kingdom. However, some countries allow UK rights holders to extend
their UK protection, and accept it as protected in that country after completing
certain local formalities.
Commenting on the changes put in place in this area in Vanuatu, the UK-IPO
announced that:
"(A) Bill amending the existing provisions of the UK Patent and Trade
Mark Laws has recently been passed in parliament and will be brought into force
shortly. The amendments will apply to the patents granted and trade marks issued
within the European Union (EU)."
It went on to add that "under (the) above amendment, an application by
a proprietor of a patent for registration of the parent granted in accordance
with the terms of an International Treaty, Convention, Arrangement, or Agreement
to which an EU Member State is party, (in this case an application in relation
to EP/IK Patent) should be made within 3 years of the EP/UK date of issue".
With regard to the situation in the Gambia, meanwhile, the UK IP Office revealed
that:
"'The Industrial Property Act' came into force on 2 April 2007. As a result
The Gambia will no longer be re-registering any UK patents etc."
"Applications for Patents, Trademarks and Designs should be made in The
Gambia."
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