If my invention is known overseas, can I patent it in the UK?

If my invention is known overseas, can I patent it in the UK?

Matt Dixon (Partner) gives expert video advice on: If my invention is known overseas, can I patent it in the UK?; Will my patent be worldwide?; What is a European patent? and more...

If your invention is known in another country that means that it's already known, because the test in the UK to decide whether something is new or not is a world-wide test. So that means that your invention that's known overseas counts against you in the UK, and you wouldn't be able to get a patent in the UK.