EFIS 64, May 2018 : Intellectual Property

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The Intellectual Property Office (or IPO for short) has inserted a privacy notice at the bottom of their Patents to comply with the provisions of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) when GDPR comes into force on 25th May.

The IPO's Comptroller has issued directions under section 123(2A) of the Patents Rules 1977 about the use of these amended Patents forms together with a guidance note which will appear in various journals and on the IPO's website from 25th May.

Although Oyez understands that the IPO may continue to accept the old versions of their forms which are presented on and after 25th May, subscribers to this range may prefer to use the latest versions of the IPO's amended forms for applications completed on or after 25th May.

We are also in the process of amending the Trade Mark forms and these will follow shortly.

Forms affected

NP1	National Processing of an International Application for a Patent (UK)	New/Amended
AF1	Application Fee for Patent Application	New/Amended
SP1	Application for grant of a Supplementary Protection Certificate	New/Amended
SP2	Payment of Annual Fees (and Additional Fee for Late Payment)	New/Amended
SP3	Application for Declaration of Lapse or Invalidity, or to Revoke an Extension of the Duration of a Supplementary Protection Certificate.	New/Amended
SP4	Application for Grant of an Extension to a Supplementary Protection Certificate	New/Amended
PF1	Request for Grant of a Patent	New/Amended
PF7	Statement of Inventorship and of Right to Grant of a Patent	New/Amended
PF9A	Request for search	New/Amended
PF10	Request for a Substantive Examination	New/Amended
PF12	Payment of Renewal Fee (and Additional Fee for Late Payment)	New/Amended
PF23	Request for a Certificate of the Comptroller or a Certified or Uncertified Copy from a File or the Register	New/Amended
PF52	Request to Extend a Prescribed Time Limit	New/Amended
PF54	Filing a Translation in Connection with a European Patent or a European Patent Application	New/Amended
PF14	Request to reinstate a patent application	New/Amended
PF51	Appointment or change of agent	New/Amended
PF20	Request to correct or update a name or address held by us	New/Amended
PF21	Application to record a change of ownership or give notice of rights acquired in a patent or patent application	New/Amended
PF34	Grant fee for patent application	New/Amended
PF15	Notice of opposition	New/Amended

Crown copyright forms are reproduced with the permission of the Controller of the Stationery Office. Law Society forms are reproduced with the permission of the Law Society. Legal Aid Forms are produced with the permission of the LSC.