Potential legislative changes for IPO digital transformation
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Detail of outcome
皇冠体育app government sought views on a range of issues relating to the IPO鈥檚 Transformation programme. 皇冠体育app programme will modernise IPO services and processes, and remove unnecessary inconsistencies between the IP rights. 皇冠体育app issues in the consultation related to potential changes to legislation, practice and system design.
皇冠体育app consultation had two parts; part A and part B. Part A related to proposed changes to the law and practice to enable digital transformation and broader questions about IPO services. This included automation, use of digital documents, hours of business, and providing represented customers with greater control over tasks they want to perform themselves. Part B focussed on proposed legal and practice changes to the IPO鈥檚 tribunal function.
皇冠体育app government response summarises the views of respondents and sets out next steps for the various issues of the consultation informed by these consultation.
皇冠体育app government would like to thank everyone who responded to the consultation.
Original consultation
Consultation description
皇冠体育app One IPO Transformation programme is designed to modernise and improve the IPO鈥檚 services. By 2025, we will have replaced our existing processes with a single, integrated system for all registered IP rights (patents, trade marks and designs). This will provide customers with more efficient digital services that transform the way they interact with us.
As well as building these new services, the government needs to make sure that we have a legal framework that can support them. 皇冠体育app current framework assumes a system built around paper forms and correspondence. We want the law to have the flexibility to adapt to new technologies, and to be more consistent in how things work across rights.
This consultation sets out changes which the government considers may be needed to achieve those goals, and seeks views on them. 皇冠体育appse changes will remove legal barriers to the IPO鈥檚 digital transformation work and address inconsistencies between the different rights.
We ask for your responses to the questions highlighted in the consultation document. 皇冠体育app consultation is in two parts; you can respond to either or both parts.
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Government response to consultation on potential legislative changes for IPO digital transformation
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