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One of the principal areas of activity for the IPLA is to act as a centralised voice for those law firms throughout England and Wales who have significant IP practices. The IPLA has on many occasions been instrumental in the development of the practice of IP law in the United Kingdom through its submissions made to the relevant governmental or other body both in the United Kingdom and across the European Union.
The full-text of the IPLA’s submissions is available using the links below.
IP Resource
2025.12.16 – Law Society IP Law Committee and IPLA Joint Design Response to the Consultation on Changes to the UK Designs Framework
2025.02.25 – IPLA Response to the UKIPO Consultation on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Copyright
2024.04.08 – IPLA Response on New CPR
2021.08.26 – IPLA Response to the UKIPO Consultation on the UK’s Future Exhaustion of IP Rights Regime
2020.11.30 – IPLA Response to the UK IPO’s Call for Views on AI and IP (Trade Marks)
2020.08.14 – IPLA Response to UK IPO’s Consultation on UK Address for Service
2020.04.09 – Letter to IP Minister from Representative Organisations
2019.10.14 – Joint Letter to Government on IP and Brexit – Continuity and Certainty
2019.09 – Joint IP Professions Booklet on UK IP System
2018.03.16 – IPLA Comments to UK IPO Trade Secrets Consultation
2018.03.01 – Letter to Minister for IP on UK Ratification of UPC Agreement
2017.06 – IPLA Comments on EPO BoA Proposals
2016.09.30 – Letter to House of Lords
2016.09.12 – Gordon and Pascoe Advice – UPCA
2016.04.14 – IP Enforcement Directive: EC public consultation on the evaluation and modernisation of IP enforcement Read more
2009.04.30 – Letter to Registry Enlarged Board of Appeal
2016.02.15 – Letter to Lord Faulks QC
2015.08.10 – IPLA response to Call for Evidence on proposed changes to Registered Designs Act 1949
2015.07.22 – IPLA comments on proposed change to IPEC appeal procedure
UPC Court Fees
High Court, London: Shorter and Flexible Trials Scheme
2014.10.07 – UK IPO: Publication of Patent Applications
2016.01.15 – UK IPO: Implementation of UPC and Unitary Patent
UPC: European Patent Litigation Certificate
2015.03 – UPC and High Court: Counting UK Patent Cases
2010.05.20 – Submission for EC Consultation on Customs Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights
Response to UK IPO Second Stage Consultation on Copyright Exceptions
2010.02.25 – Comments on Jackson Final Report
2009.10 – Further Comments on EC draft Rules of Procedure for Unified Patents Court
Preliminary Comments on EC draft Rules of Procedure for Unified Patents Court
2009.07.03 – Comments on Patents County Court reform proposals
2009.07 – Submission for EC Consultation on Brussels Regulation
Comments for Jackson Enquiry (Costs)
2009.04.30 – EPO Software Patent submission to the Enlarged Board of Appeal
2009.01.30 – Comments on Preliminary Report of European Commission’s Pharmaceutical Sector Enquiry
2008.11 – Response to UK IPO Research Exception Consultation
2008.11 – Observations on EC Proposal for European Union Patents Court
2008.01 – Comments on 2nd Venice Resolution
2007.08.03 – Response to DCA Consultation (procedure and costs)
Submission on Patent Rules
2007.04.27 – Response to the Consultation on Consolidated Pre-Action Protocol
Comments on Commission Communication about Community Patent and European Patent Litigation Agreement
Brexit Position Papers
2019.10.14 – Joint Letter to Government on IP and Brexit – Continuity and Certainty
2016.10.18 – IPLA’s position paper on patents
2016.10.13 – IPLA’s position paper on geographical indications
2016.10.13 – IPLA’s position paper on unregistered design rights
2016.10.13 – IPLA’s position paper on trade mark and design enforcement
2016.09.23 – IPLA’s position on continued protection of EUTMs
