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UK to maintain asymmetric exhaustion regime
The UK government has announced that it will maintain the so-called UK+ exhaustion of rights regime.
Under this regime, once a product protected by an IP has been legitimately sold in either the UK or European Economic Area (EEA), the IP owner may not subsequently prevent it from being re-sold in the UK.
The regime has been in place since the end of the Brexit transition period.
The government had carried out a consultation on the exhaustion regime to apply post-Brexit in 2021-22 but did not have enough data to come to a firm view. However, the UK+ option received marginally more support than other options.
Minister for AI and Digital Government, Feryal Clark, said: “This is an important step in maintaining the strength of our world-leading intellectual property framework. The decision we’ve taken not only gives businesses the certainty they’ve been calling for, but ensures consumers have choice and fair access to a wide range of goods.”
You can read the announcement and watch a video about exhaustion of IP rights on the UK IPO website.
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