Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment the Government has made of whether UK companies will need to register future trademarks and patents in both the UK and the EU to ensure protection after the UK leaves the EU.

UK businesses will continue to have access to European patents, issued by the European Patent Office. This is a non-EU international organisation.

When the UK leaves the EU, UK firms will continue to have access to EU Trade Marks and Registered Community Designs for protection in the EU member states. They will have access to the UK Trade Mark and Registered Designs systems for protection in the UK.