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	date	28/10/2016
	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	Intellectual Property
	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 his policy is on the recognition of UK firms' trademarks and patents in the EU after the UK has left the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	50939
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>There is no EU patent, so patents can only be granted with effect for individual states, either by applying directly to the relevant national office, or through the European Patent Office, which is not an EU body. These will therefore not be affected by the UK leaving the EU. Patents owned by UK businesses with effect for the UK will continue to be governed by national law.</p><p> </p><p>In contrast, the EU trade mark is a unitary right with effect for the whole of the EU. When the UK leaves the European Union, EU trade marks will still be available to UK business and existing EU trade marks will continue to offer protection in other Member States. We are consulting businesses and actively considering how existing EU trade marks can continue to provide protection in the UK.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 07/11/2016 17:44:37 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

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	registered interest
	date	02/11/2016
	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	Intellectual Property
	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 the Government has made of whether UK companies will need to register future trademarks and patents in both the UK and the EU to ensure protection after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	51553
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2016 answer text <p>UK businesses will continue to have access to European patents, issued by the European Patent Office. This is a non-EU international organisation.</p><p>When the UK leaves the EU, UK firms will continue to have access to EU Trade Marks and Registered Community Designs for protection in the EU member states. They will have access to the UK Trade Mark and Registered Designs systems for protection in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 10/11/2016 16:54:10 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West