After a near-landslide victory for his Conservative party on
December 12, 2019, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson rushed to follow
through on the Brexit referendum. He convened Parliament December
20 in hopes of ratifying the Withdrawal Agreement Bill (WAB), a
plan to separate the UK and EU as of January 31, 2020. MPs did just that, with 358 votes in favor versus
234 against.
In a nutshell: After three and a half years of teases,
extensions and bitter debates both inside and outside of
Parliament, Brexit is here. Dealing with patent and trademark
application processes in either (or both) of these jurisdictions
sometime in the not-too-distant future? Here is what you need to
know:
