Bird & Bird's latest DesignWrites article: Brexit and your designs

29th January 2020

The UK exits the EU on 31st January 2020. By virtue of the transition period in the Withdrawal Agreement, EU law will continue to apply in and in relation to the UK only until the 31st December 2020. The EU Treaties, EU free movement rights and the general principles of EU law will then cease to apply in relation to the UK, and prior EU regulations will only continue to apply in domestic law (by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018) insofar as they are not modified or revoked by regulations under that 2018 Act.

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Ewan Grist

I am head of our International Product Design group, specialising in protecting and enforcing innovative or high tech product design and associated branding. I have extensive experience of advising clients throughout the product lifecycle on many aspects of product design creation, protection and enforcement.

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Patricia Collis

I am a senior brand protection lawyer in the London Intellectual Property team. I help clients build, exploit and rationalise portfolios of trade mark and design rights around the world. I also handle related disputes and contentious proceedings.

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