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Exit day definition

What does Exit day mean? In UK Brexit practice, exit day is the domestic law moment when the UK left the EU. It is the statutory date and time fixed (after earlier extensions) as 31 January 2020 at 11:00 pm UK time. The term is defined in legislation: section 20 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (EUWA 2018), amended by regulations to reflect Article 50 extensions before being set to the above time. Exit day operated as a key legal trigger, including the repeal of the European Communities Act 1972 (subject to savings during the implementation period), commencement of powers to amend retained EU law,...

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From exit day (31 January 2020), the UK ceased to be an EU Member State. Nonetheless, under the withdrawal agreement, an implementation period applies during which EU law continues to bind and apply to the UK. This development affects this Practice Note. For additional detail and context, see Practice Note: brexit—IP rights.

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This Note explains the law on unjustified threats concerning UK and Community design right infringement as it stood before it was amended by the Intellectual Property (Unjustified Threats) Act 2017 (IP(UT)A 2017). Communications issued before 1 October 2017 remain governed by the previous regime in relation to patents, trade marks and designs, as applicable and appropriate.

All citations and references in this Practice Note to the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, the Registered Designs Act 1949, and the Community Design Regulations 2005, are to those enactments in the form they took prior to amendment by the Intellectual Property (Unjustified Threats) Act 2017 (IP(UT)A 2017) on 1 October 2017...

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