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We provide you with updates to the protection of trade marks,
plant variety rights, and designs in Europe and the United Kingdom
post-Brexit (the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European
Union), which becomes effective from 23:00 on 31 December 2020.
Post-Brexit protection of your trade marks in Europe
DCC will continue to manage existing European trade mark
registrations (
EUTMs) and similar registrations
obtained under the Madrid Protocol International registration
system (
IR-Europe).
The key points are:
If the trade mark is registered as a EUTM or IR-Europe, then
Add a new plant variety to the national list
How to apply for national listing of agricultural and vegetable plant varieties in GB and NI.
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You must add your new plant varieties to the UK’s national lists if you want to market them. You could be prosecuted if you do not.
The national lists are maintained by the Plant Variety Rights and Seeds Office (
PVS), which is part of the Animal and Plant Health Agency (
APHA).
You’ll be asked if you want to continue marketing the variety every 10 years or your variety will be removed from the list.