Brexit Is Coming: Implications On Data Protection & Intellectual Property - November 27, 2020

2020 has been a tough year and that's putting it mildly. The countdown on new year's eve will not only mean the coming of a new hopeful year, but also the coming of something big. With the transition period expiring on the 31st December 2020, brace yourself - Brexit is coming!

In January 2020, the United Kingdom ('UK') formally left the European Union ('EU') with a deal referred to as the Withdrawal Agreement, which set out the process to be followed to allow the departure to be run as smoothly as possible. This agreement did not however set the terms of the relationship between the UK and the EU going forward - these terms were to be agreed during the following 11 month transition period. During this transition period to negotiate the future relationship, the UK still traded within the EU and followed EU rules as it had before.