Manufacturing waiver for supplementary protection certificates proposed29 May 2018

Out-Law Guides

• Patent Box Regime (entrants on or after 1 July 2016)

  This guide was updated in May 2017

• Patent box regime (entrants before July 2016)

  This guide provides an outline of the UK's patent box regime for the taxation of intellectual property (IP) as it applies to companies and IP within the regime before 1 July 2016.

• Patents: obtaining patent protection outside of the UK

  A patent is granted by a national patent office and will only give you monopoly rights in the country in which it is granted. There is no such thing as an international patent. 

• Patents: the basics

  This guide is based on UK law. It was last updated in January 2012.

• Opinions of the UK Intellectual Property Office

  Sorting out disputes can take ages. Especially complicated ones, like patent disputes. To take a case to court, you will need lawyers – solicitors and barristers – and probably an expert to give evidence to back up your case. The ultimate outcome will be justice...