Intellectual property rights (IPR) are registered or unregistered legal rights that provide protection and just reward for ideas and innovation, and include patents, trade marks, design rights, copyright, trade secrets, know-how, supplementary protection certificates and regulatory data protection. Such IPR are valuable commercial assets and merit the same consideration as other aspects of a successful business. It is important to ensure that all of the necessary steps are taken in relation to acquiring, maintaining and asserting IPR, in order to be able to extract the maximum benefit in any commercial negotiations. Killin IP can help you to achieve this.
Further general information about intellectual property rights, as well as information about national and regional laws and practice, may be found on the following useful websites:
- UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO)
- UK Corporation Tax – the Patent Box
- UK Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs)
- European Medicines Agency (EMA) – Regulatory Data Exclusivity
- European Patent Office (EPO)
- World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
- United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
- United States Food & Drug Administration (FDA) Orange Book – Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations
- European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), Trade Marks and Designs
- Unified Patent Court (UPC)