UKIPO Fees are Increasing on 1 April 2026
On 1 April 2026, the UKIPO is raising all official fees associated with filing and maintenance of UK patents, registered designs, and trade marks. The UKIPO website contains comparison tables for patent, registered design, and trade mark fees which make clear that fees are going up across the board and in some cases, substantially. With … Read More
by Mark Smith
EU passes new law on geographical indicatiors
On 26 March 2024, the European Council adopted a new regulation on geographical indicators (“GI”) for agricultural products, wines, and spirits. Geographical indicators, sometimes also known as “protected designations of origin” confer rights that are not dissimilar to ordinary trade mark rights in the name of a place or region as it related to and insamuch … Read More
by Mark Smith
EU trade mark registrations no longer cover Jersey (and haven’t for quite some time)
For the uninitiated, Jersey (formally “The Bailiwick of Jersey”) is a self-governing, British Crown Dependency (located just off the coast of France) with its own parliament and laws. Trade mark holders have long been able to obtain Jersey-specific trade mark rights via extension (or “re-registration”) of an already existing UK trade mark right registered nationally … Read More
by Mark Smith