Our office will be closed 24^th, 25^th, 28^th, 31^st December and 1^st January and we will be operating a skeleton staff on 29^th and 30^th December. 

The EUIPO will be closed from 24^th December to 1^st January inclusive and the EPO will be closed from 24^th December to 8^th January inclusive. Most deadlines falling on any of those dates will carry forward to 4^th January and 11^th January respectively.

The UKIPO will be open on 24^th and 29^th to 31^st December. UK deadlines falling on these dates will require action. All of our incoming emails and other communications will be monitored during business hours on these days. Nevertheless, we would be grateful to receive early instructions for anything requiring attention during the holiday period.

We have also been advised of likely disruptions and delays in processing filings etc at the UKIPO in the first week of January, due to Brexit related activity. If you have deadlines to meet, or filings to make at the UKIPO during the early part of January, we strongly advise attending to them as early as possible.