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Brooklyn Journal of International Law

Brexit; European Union (EU); Article 50; Lisbon Treaty; United Kingdom; Intellectual Property; European Free Trade Association (EFTA); European Economic Area (EEA); World Trade Organization (WTO); EU Member States; Donald Tusk; Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property; EU law; World Trade Organization's Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement); Multilateral agreements; Free trade agreemnt (FTA); TRIPS Plus; Jurisdiction; Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU); The Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU); Harmonization; European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO); European Court of Justice (ECJ); Supreme Court of the United Kingdom; Trademarks; Registered Community Designs; European Patent Office (EPO); European Patent Convention (EPC); Unitary Patents; British law; General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT); European Council; European Commission

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Restructuring Intellectual Property Jurisdictions Post-Brexit: Strategic Considerations For The Eu And Britain, Alexandra George Dec 2017

Restructuring Intellectual Property Jurisdictions Post-Brexit: Strategic Considerations For The Eu And Britain, Alexandra George

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

Britain’s decision to “Brexit” from the European Union has caused great uncertainty and justified concern with respect to intellectual property laws and investments. Post-Brexit arrangements between the European Union and Britain have not yet been determined, and it is unclear whether these will be settled with respect to intellectual property law before Brexit is due to take effect in 2019. With intellectual property intensive industries accounting for 88 percent of EU imports and 90 percent of EU exports, British-EU intellectual property arrangements are the subject of intense interest worldwide as intellectual property owners and users speculate as to the likely …