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Plage de la Coutarde Author  Baptiste Rossi Copyright waived by the author Source  Wikipedia Jane Lambert A lot happened in July. First, the resignations of the Rt Hon David Davis MP, the Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP and a number of other ministers. Secondly, the publication of white papers on  The Future Relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union   and  Legislating for the Withdrawal Agreement between the United Kingdom and the European Union .    Thirdly, the Prime Minister and her ministers have visited the capitals of other EU member states to canvass support for the future relationship white paper's proposals. Finally, active preparations have begun here and in the rest of the EU for the UK's withdrawal from the EU without a withdrawal agreement.    More

Jane Lambert The answer is very simple.  The laws upon which my clients will rely to protect their intellectual assets  in the future will depend to a large extent on the outcome of those negotiations.  If agreement can be reached on the terms upon which the UK leaves the EU there will be a transition period between 29 March 2019 and 31 Dec 2020 during which long term  arrangements for the future relationship between the UK and EU including the enforcement of intellectual property rights can be negotiated. If agreement cannot be reached there is a danger that important legislation such as   Regulation (EU) No 1215/2012 on jurisdiction and judgments in civil and commercial matters  will cease to apply to the UK after 29 March 2019. At present, negotiations on a withdrawal agreement are finely balanced.  On the one hand, the EU's chief negotiator,Michel Barnier, said we were 80% of the way there in a  p ress statement following ...

Author Mikelo  Licence  Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 2.0 Generic Source:  Wikimedia Commons This month's Brexit briefing focuses on the publication by the European Commission of a draft agreement for the withdrawal of the UK from the EU and the Euratom. Although it has not yet been presented to the British government and there has already been some grumbling from the PM and others it is unlikely to be rejected out of hand. There were some welcome signs of pragmatism in the PM's speech at the Mansion House on 2 March 2018. There were also some crumbs of comfort for the ratification of the UPC Agreement and perhaps even continued British participation in the Court after Brexit. Read more