The process of Brexit will take time, and the implications for our clients’ business will unfold over time. Our MoFo Brexit Task Force is coordinating across all our offices and working with clients on your key concerns and issues, now and in the coming weeks and months. We will also be providing MoFo Brexit Briefings on a range of key issues. We are here to support you in any and every way that we can.

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In the wake of the UK’s decision to leave the European Union in June 2016, there has been speculation about the possibility and need for changes to the UK’s intellectual property regime. The UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has now released an official statement – one of the first from a UK government body since the Brexit referendum – setting out its views on the implications that Brexit will have on the future of intellectual property rights in the UK.