IP/N/1/GBR/86, IP/N/1/GBR/C/6  
IP/N/1/GBR/D/39, IP/N/1/GBR/P/14  
IP/N/1/GBR/T/54  
11 January 2021  
(21-0337) Page: 1/2 
Council for Trade -Related Aspects of  
Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS  
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  
UNITED KINGDOM : THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (AMENDMENT ETC.)  
(EU EXIT) REGULATIONS 2020  
Notifying Member  UNITED KINGDOM  
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title The Intellectual Property (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020  
Subject matter  Copyright and related rights; Trademarks; Industrial designs; Patents 
(including plant variety protection)  
Nature of 
notification  [X] Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation  
[  ] Other law or regulation  
Link to legal text* https://ip -documents.info/2020/IP/GBR/20_7859_00_e.pdf  
Notification status  [  ] First notification  
[X] Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
[  ] Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  IP/N/1/GB R/83, IP/N/1/GBR/C/4, IP/N/1/GBR/D/38, IP/N/1/GBR/L/3, 
IP/N/1/GBR/T/53 ; IP/N/1/GBR/79, IP/N/1/GBR/T/50 ; IP/N/1/GBR/80, 
IP/N/1/GBR/P/11 ; IP/N/1/GBR/81, IP/N/1/GBR/D/36, IP/N/1/GBR/T/51 ; 
IP/N/1/GBR/84, IP/N/1/GBR/C/5  
 
Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
This SI will update and amend five intellectual property 'no deal' SIs, including The Patents 
(Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, The Trade Marks (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) 
Regulations  2019, The Intellectual Property (Copyright and Related Rights) (Ame ndment) (EU Exit) 
Regulations 2019, The Intellectual Property (Exhaustion of Rights) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, and 
The Designs and International Trade Marks (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, to reflect 
the Withdrawal Agreement (WA) and the ret ention of EU law at the end of the transition period. It 
also deals with new EU law introduced during the extended Art. 50 period.  
 
Language(s) of 
notified legal text English  
Entry into force  1 January 2021  
Other date    IP/N/1/GBR/86 • IP/N/1/GBR/C/6 • IP/N/1/GBR/D/39 • IP/N/1/GBR/P/14 • IP/N/1/GBR/T/54  
 
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  Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  1 January 2021  
Other information  https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1050/made  
 
Amends : 
 
• The Intellectual Property (Exhaustion of Rights) (EU Exit) 
Regulations  2019 (S.I. 2019/265)  
• The Trade Marks (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 
(S.I. 2019/269) ("the Trade Marks Regulations")  
• The Intellectual Property (Copyright and Related Rights) 
(Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/60 5) ("the 
Copyright Regulations")  
• The Designs and International Trade Marks (Amendment etc.) 
(EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/638) ("the Designs 
Regulations")  
• The Patents (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 
(S.I. 2019/801) ("the Patents Regulations ") 
• Patents Act 1977  
• Regulation (EC) No 469/2009 (as retained as UK domestic law)  
 
Agency or 
authority 
responsible  UK Intellectual Property Office  
 
Concept House  
Cardiff Road  
Newport  
South Wales  
NP10 8QQ  
United Kingdom  
 
information@ipo.gov.uk  
 
0300 300 2000  
 
Outside the UK:  
+44 (0)1633 814000  
 
 
* Links are provided to texts of laws and regulations notified under the TRIPS Agreement in the form 
supplied by the Member concerned; the WTO Secretariat does not endorse or revise their content.