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Death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

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Death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

The staff at Franks & Co were saddened to learn of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Our thoughts are with His Majesty King Charles III and the rest of the Royal Family.

The United Kingdom is now officially in a period of mourning until after the Queen’s state funeral which is to be held on Monday 19 September. Normal day-to-day business will continue throughout this period.

The UK government has declared the day of the funeral to be a national Bank Holiday, so the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office will be closed on Monday 19 September.

The United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office’s official guidance on bank holidays is given below:

The office is deemed to be closed on weekends, Good Friday, Christmas Day and all England and Wales bank holidays for all types of business, except for the filing of new applications not claiming priority. If documents are filed for these types of business at times when the office is deemed to be closed, they will receive an official filing date of the next working day.

Any official time period which expires on a weekend or any other day on which the office is closed is extended to the next working day.

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Special IP Courts in China

26/01/2015 - Special IP Courts in China

In the frame of a pilot project, three new courts in China will in the

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New European Trade Mark and Design Attorney - Louise Mortimer

17/12/2014 - New European Trade Mark and Design Attorney - Louise Mortimer

Louise Mortimer at our Northampton Office has been entered onto the list

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US Government and Ebola

08/10/2014 - US Government and Ebola

The WHO is searching for means by which it can prevent the spread of Ebola

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European Patent Validation Agreement Signed with Tunisia

07/07/2014 - European Patent Validation Agreement Signed with Tunisia

European patents are filed and prosecuted by the European Patent Office in

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Improving Lives Nine at a Time

27/06/2014 - Improving Lives Nine at a Time

Thanks to the generosity of many of the staff of Franks & Co Limited, a

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The Intellectual Property Act 2014

11/06/2014 - The Intellectual Property Act 2014

The Intellectual Property Bill was considered by Parliament between May

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Global Pilot

19/05/2014 - Global Pilot

A further extension to the existing Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Pilot

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My Great Grandma and Personalised Medicine

06/05/2014 - My Great Grandma and Personalised Medicine

My great-grandmother died at the age of 93 in 1989. She irritated her GP

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