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802128

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Patents
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice in relation UK patents before the Unified Patent Court after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	117815
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Unified Patent Court will be an international court with jurisdiction over patent disputes across multiple states. The Court will draw on multiple sources of law when making its rulings and is bound to follow relevant EU Law. Consequently it will be able to send queries (through preliminary references) to the Court of Justice of the EU on the correct interpretation of EU law. The Court of Justice of the EU is not an appellate court of the UPC, which has its own Court of Appeal.</p><p> </p><p>Although the Court is not an EU institution, it is established under an international agreement that is presently only open to EU Member States. Our future relationship with the Court will therefore be subject to negotiation with our European Partners, in order to reflect the UK’s changing status, as we leave the EU. It would be wrong to set out unilateral positions in advance of those negotiations, which have not yet begun.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 11/12/2017 14:21:10 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

677379

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2017
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Patents
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have for the UK patent sector after Britain’s withdrawal from the EU, in particular in the light of their decision to ratify the Unified Patent Court Agreement.
	tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
	uin	HL4845
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2017 answer text <p>On 28 November, the Government confirmed its intention to continue with the process of ratifying the Unified Patent Court Agreement. The EU is not a party to that agreement and ratification should not be seen as pre-empting the UK's position in the forthcoming negotiations with the EU.</p><p> </p><p>The options for the UK's intellectual property regime after EU exit, including the UK's future relationship with the Unified Patent Court, are being considered carefully.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has engaged and will continue to engage with industry, intellectual property practitioners and other stakeholders to understand what leaving the EU means for all aspects of intellectual property, including patents and the Unified Patent Court.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL4846 question first answered 01/02/2017 16:27:58 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

677380

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2017
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Patents
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will consult businesses and organisations involved in the use of patents on the ratification of the Unified Patent Court Agreement, in particular asking for views on UK participation in the agreement for up to two years from ratification until leaving the EU; and if so, whether they will complete those consultations before ratification takes place.
	tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
	uin	HL4846
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2017 answer text <p>On 28 November, the Government confirmed its intention to continue with the process of ratifying the Unified Patent Court Agreement. The EU is not a party to that agreement and ratification should not be seen as pre-empting the UK's position in the forthcoming negotiations with the EU.</p><p> </p><p>The options for the UK's intellectual property regime after EU exit, including the UK's future relationship with the Unified Patent Court, are being considered carefully.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has engaged and will continue to engage with industry, intellectual property practitioners and other stakeholders to understand what leaving the EU means for all aspects of intellectual property, including patents and the Unified Patent Court.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL4845 question first answered 01/02/2017 16:27:58 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

423509

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Patents
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what comparative assessment he has made of the level of patents granted in the UK with other (a) EU, (b) OECD and (c) developed economies in each of the last three years for which data is available; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	13205
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2015 answer text <p>Figures for patents applied for and granted in different jurisdictions can be obtained from the website of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (www.wipo.int), which collates the figures from intellectual property offices around the world.</p><br /><p>The table shows the number of patents granted by national offices and by the European Patent Office (EPO) as recorded by WIPO, for both resident and non-resident applicants.</p><br /><p>Many applicants choose to apply for patent protection in the UK and other European states via the EPO. However these are not recorded as grants for the individual countries in the table. According to the EPO around 75% of granted EPs take effect in the UK.</p><br /><p>The number of granted patents in any one jurisdiction is dependent on many factors including applicants’ business models, local market structure, and the legal requirements of the jurisdiction, since patent law varies. It also reflects the capacity of patent offices to process applications.</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Office</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Australia</p></td><td><p>17877</p></td><td><p>17724</p></td><td><p>17112</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Austria</p></td><td><p>1198</p></td><td><p>1439</p></td><td><p>1256</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belgium</p></td><td><p>541</p></td><td><p>795</p></td><td><p>745</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bulgaria</p></td><td><p>128</p></td><td><p>101</p></td><td><p>125</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Canada</p></td><td><p>20762</p></td><td><p>21819</p></td><td><p>23833</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chile</p></td><td><p>1013</p></td><td><p>770</p></td><td><p>898</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Croatia</p></td><td><p>184</p></td><td><p>155</p></td><td><p>159</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cyprus</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Czech Republic</p></td><td><p>687</p></td><td><p>668</p></td><td><p>611</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Denmark</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>309</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Estonia</p></td><td><p>129</p></td><td><p>116</p></td><td><p>78</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>European Patent Office</p></td><td><p>62112</p></td><td><p>65665</p></td><td><p>66696</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Finland</p></td><td><p>841</p></td><td><p>836</p></td><td><p>711</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>France</p></td><td><p>10213</p></td><td><p>12913</p></td><td><p>11405</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Germany</p></td><td><p>11719</p></td><td><p>11332</p></td><td><p>13858</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greece</p></td><td><p>364</p></td><td><p>291</p></td><td><p>282</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hungary</p></td><td><p>445</p></td><td><p>477</p></td><td><p>1351</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Iceland</p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ireland</p></td><td><p>250</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>214</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Israel</p></td><td><p>5104</p></td><td><p>3386</p></td><td><p>1988</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Italy</p></td><td><p>6380</p></td><td><p>5625</p></td><td><p>8114</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Japan</p></td><td><p>238323</p></td><td><p>274791</p></td><td><p>277079</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luxembourg</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>112</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malta</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mexico</p></td><td><p>11485</p></td><td><p>12358</p></td><td><p>10368</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Netherlands</p></td><td><p>2042</p></td><td><p>1895</p></td><td><p>2029</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Zealand</p></td><td><p>4710</p></td><td><p>6152</p></td><td><p>4752</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norway</p></td><td><p>1612</p></td><td><p>1310</p></td><td><p>1430</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poland</p></td><td><p>3112</p></td><td><p>2484</p></td><td><p>2804</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portugal</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p>112</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Republic of Korea</p></td><td><p>94720</p></td><td><p>113467</p></td><td><p>127330</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Romania</p></td><td><p>430</p></td><td><p>384</p></td><td><p>451</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Singapore</p></td><td><p>5949</p></td><td><p>5633</p></td><td><p>5575</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slovakia</p></td><td><p>317</p></td><td><p>161</p></td><td><p>115</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slovenia</p></td><td><p>318</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spain</p></td><td><p>2812</p></td><td><p>2720</p></td><td><p>3004</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sweden</p></td><td><p>1039</p></td><td><p>999</p></td><td><p>685</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Switzerland</p></td><td><p>368</p></td><td><p>455</p></td><td><p>534</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Turkey</p></td><td><p>893</p></td><td><p>1004</p></td><td><p>1211</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United Kingdom</p></td><td><p>7173</p></td><td><p>6864</p></td><td><p>5235</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United States of America</p></td><td><p>224505</p></td><td><p>253155</p></td><td><p>277835</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr></tbody></table> <br /> <br /><p>Source: WIPO statistics database. Last updated: March 2015</p><br /> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 28/10/2015 11:28:02 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

227253

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Patents
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent steps he has taken to reform statute pertaining to patent.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	227504
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p /> <p>On 10 June 2014 the Government launched a Technical Review and Call for Evidence on the Secondary Legislation Implementing the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court and EU Regulations Establishing the Unitary Patent. On 1 October 2014 the Legislative Reform (Patents) Order 2014 and changes to patent law in the Intellectual Property Act 2014, and consequential amendments to the Patents Rules 2007, came into force. The details of these changes are available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/1-october-2014-changes-to-design-and-patent-law" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/1-october-2014-changes-to-design-and-patent-law</a>. On 26 February 2015 the Government issued its response to the Law Commission’s report on the law relating to the making of groundless threats to bring proceedings for infringement of patents, trade marks and design rights.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 19/03/2015 16:46:13 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

179535

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Patents
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value of tax reductions for companies under the patent box legislation has been since April 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
	tabling member printed	Austin Mitchell
	uin	224364
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>The patent box was introduced in April 2013 and companies have up to two years from the end of their accounting period to elect into the regime. The first complete set of data will therefore not be available before end April 2016.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 224366 question first answered 25/02/2015 17:31:19 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	372 label Biography information for Austin Mitchell

179537

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Patents
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many companies have applied the lower rate of corporation tax associated with patent box legislation.
	tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
	tabling member printed	Austin Mitchell
	uin	224366
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>The patent box was introduced in April 2013 and companies have up to two years from the end of their accounting period to elect into the regime. The first complete set of data will therefore not be available before end April 2016.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke grouped question UIN 224364 question first answered 25/02/2015 17:31:19 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	372 label Biography information for Austin Mitchell