Friday, August 18 2023   \  Published by FICPI.

UK to Promote Adoption of Patent Grace Period at The EPO

UK to Promote Adoption of Patent Grace Period at The EPO

On 17th July 2023 the UK Government published all documents relating to the UK’s accession to the £12trn Pacific Rim trading bloc, the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) – including all side letters temporarily setting aside the patent grace period provisions in Article 18.38.

The CPTPP is a free-trade agreement (FTA) between eleven countries around the Pacific Rim: Canada, Mexico, Peru, Chile, New Zealand, Australia, Brunei, Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam and Japan.

The UK submitted its formal application to join CPTPP on 1 February 2021. The CPTPP members agreed to start negotiations with the UK on 2 June 2021.

The side letters between the UK and each of the eleven CPTPP member states that temporarily set aside the provisions of the CPTPP that require a grace period for patents can be viewed on the Department for Business and Trade site. Read more

Ready to Get Started?

Contact Sales