Guidance

Retained EU law for Intellectual Property

Updated 1 January 2024

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Retained EU law for intellectual property

The following is a list of retained EU law, as defined in section 6(7) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018. This law relates to intellectual property within the policy remit of the Intellectual Property Office.

Retained EU law in this list that is included in the proposed sunset schedule is highlighted in grey.

Covering multiple IP rights

  • The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48)
  • The Patents, Trade Marks and Designs (Address for Service) Rules 2009 (SI 2009/546)
  • The Intellectual Property Act 2014 (c. 18)
  • The Intellectual Property Act 2014 (Commencement No 3 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2014 (SI 2014/2330)
  • The Intellectual Property (Unjustified Threats) Act 2017 (c. 14)
  • The Design Right, Artist’s Resale Right and Copyright (Amendment) Regulations 2023
  • The Copyright (Application of Provisions relating to Educational Establishments to Teachers) (No. 2) Order 1989 (SI 1989/1067)
  • The Computer Programs Regulations 1992 (SI 1992/3233)
  • The Duration of Copyright and Rights in Performance Regulations 1995 (SI 1995/3297)
  • The Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 1996 (SI 1996/2967)
  • The Copyright and Rights in Databases Regulations 1997 (SI 1997/3032)
  • The Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003 (SI 2003/2498)
  • The Copyright and Rights in Databases (Amendment) Regulations 2003 (SI 2003/2501)
  • The Copyright (Gibraltar) Order 2005 (SI 2005/853)
  • The Performances (Moral Rights, etc.) Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/18)
  • The Copyright Tribunal Rules 2010 (SI 2010/791)
  • The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (SI 2010/2694)
  • The Copyright and Duration of Rights in Performance Regulations 2013 (SI 2013/1782)
  • The Copyright and Duration of Rights in Performances (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/434)
  • The Copyright and Rights in Performances (Research, Education, Libraries and Archives) Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/1372)
  • The Copyright and Rights in Performances (Disability) Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/1384)
  • The Copyright (Public Administration) Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/1385)
  • The Copyright and Rights in Performances (Quotation and Parody) Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/2356)
  • The Copyright and Rights in Performances (Extended Collective Licensing) Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/2588)
  • The Copyright and Rights in Performances (Certain Permitted Uses of Orphan Works) Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/2861)
  • The Collective Management of Copyright (EU Directive) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/221)
  • The Copyright (Free Public Showing or Playing) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/565)
  • The Copyright (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/1210)
  • The Copyright and Performances (Application to Other Countries) Order 2016 (SI 2016/1219)
  • Regulation 2017/1563 on accessible format copies (Marrakesh Regulation)
  • The Copyright and Related Rights (Marrakesh Treaty etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/995)
  • The Artist’s Resale Right Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/346)

The Artist’s Resale Right (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (SI 2009/2792)

  • The Artist’s Resale Right (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (SI 2011/2873)

Trade marks

  • The Trade Marks Act 1994 (c. 26)
  • The Trade Marks (Proof of Use, etc) Regulations 2004 (SI 2004/946)
  • The Trade Marks (International Registrations Designating the European Community, etc) Regulations 2004 (SI 2004/2332)
  • The Trade Marks (Earlier Trade Marks) Regulations 2008 (SI 2008/1067)
  • Trade Marks Rules 2008 (SI 2008/1797)
  • The Trade Marks and Trade Marks (Fees) (Amendment) Rules 2012 (SI 2012/1003)
  • The Trade Marks (Fast Track Opposition) (Amendment) Rules 2013 (SI 2013/2237)
  • The Trade Marks (Isle of Man) Order 2013 (SI 2013/2601)
  • The European Union Trade Mark Regulations 2016 (SI 2016/299)
  • The Trade Marks Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/825)
  • The Trade Marks (Isle of Man) (Amendment) Order 2018 (SI 2018/1157)

Designs

  • The Registered Designs Act 1949 (c. 88)
  • The Design Right (Semiconductor Topographies) Regulations 1989 (SI 1989/1100)
  • The Design Right (Proceedings before Comptroller) Rules 1989 (SI 1989/1130)
  • The Registered Designs Regulations 2001 (SI 2001/3949)

The Community Designs (Fees) Rules 2002 (SI 2002/2942)

  • The Registered Designs Regulations 2003 (SI 2003/550)
  • The Community Design Regulations 2005 (SI 2005/2339)
  • The Design Right (Semiconductor Topographies) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/1833)
  • The Registered Design Rules 2006 (SI 2006/1975)
  • The Designs (International Registrations Designating the European Community) Regulations 2007 (SI 2007/3378)
  • The Design Right (Semiconductor Topographies) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2008 (SI 2008/1434)
  • The Registered Designs (Isle of Man) Order 2013 (SI 2013/2433)
  • The Intellectual Property Act 2014 (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/2329)

Council Decision of 22 December 1994 on the extension of the legal protection of topographies of semiconductor products to persons from a Member of the World Trade Organization (94/824/EC)

  • Council Decision of 11 November 1996 on the extension of the legal protection of topographies of semiconductor products to persons from the Isle of Man (96/944/EC)
  • Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 of 12 December 2001 on Community designs

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2245/2002 of 21 October 2002 implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 on Community designs

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2246/2002 of 16 December 2002 on fees payable to the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) in respect of the registration of Community designs

Commission Regulation (EC) No 877/2007 of 24 July 2007 amending Regulation 2246/2002 concerning the fees payable to the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) following the accession of the European Community to the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement concerning the international registration of industrial designs.

Enforcement of IP rights

Regulation (EU) No 386/2012 of 19 April 2012 on entrusting the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) with tasks related to the enforcement of intellectual property rights, including the assembling of public and private-sector representatives as a European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights

Trade Secrets

  • The Trade Secrets (Enforcement etc) Regulations 2018 (SI 2018/597)

Patents

  • The Patents Act 1977 (c. 37)
  • The Patents (Licences of Right) (Exception of Pesticidal Use) Order 1989 (SI 1989/1202)
  • The Patents and Trade Marks (World Trade Organisation) Regulations 1999 (SI 1999/1899)
  • The Patents Regulations 2000 (SI 2000/2037)
  • The Patents and Plant Variety Rights (Compulsory Licensing) Regulations 2002 (SI 2002/247)
  • The Medicines (Marketing Authorisations Etc.) Amendment Regulations 2005 (SI 2005/2759)
  • The Patents (Compulsory Licensing and Supplementary Protection Certificates) Regulations 2007
  • The Patents Rules 2007 (SI 2007/3291)
  • The Patents (Fees) Rules 2007 (SI 2007/3292)
  • The Patents (Isle of Man) Order 2013 (SI 2013/2602)
  • The Patents (Supplementary Protection Certificates) Regulations 2014 (SI 2014/2411)
  • The Patents (Isle of Man) (Amendment) Order 2016 (SI 2016/559)
  • Regulation (EC) No 1610/96 of 23 July 1996 concerning the creation of a supplementary protection certificate for plant protection products
  • Regulation (EC) No 816/2006 of 17 May 2006 on compulsory licensing of patents relating to the manufacture of pharmaceutical products for export to countries with public health problems
  • Regulation (EC) 469/2009 of 6 May 2009 concerning the supplementary protection certificates for medicinal products
  • Regulation (EU) 2019/933 of 20 May 2019 amending Regulation (EC) 469/2009 concerning the supplementary protection certificate for medicinal products
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