Archived government news
July 2024
Guidance: Patents: Manual of Patent Practice Monday, 01 July 2024
Section 130: Interpretation Monday, 01 July 2024
Manual of Patent Practice Monday, 01 July 2024
Changes to the Manual of Patent Practice Monday, 01 July 2024
June 2024
Guidance: Requests for opinions: 2024 Friday, 28 June 2024
Official Statistics: Monthly statistics: Patents, trade marks and designs: … Thursday, 27 June 2024
Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 7049 Wednesday, 26 June 2024
Guidance: Requests to amend a patent after grant Wednesday, 26 June 2024
Notice: Patents: hearing diary Tuesday, 25 June 2024
Decision: Trade mark disputes: unpaid costs orders Tuesday, 25 June 2024
Notice: Trade marks and designs: hearing diaries Tuesday, 25 June 2024
Part F: Locarno classification Tuesday, 25 June 2024
Registered Designs Examination Practice guide Tuesday, 25 June 2024
Guidance: Intellectual Property Office: how to pay us Monday, 24 June 2024
Transparency data: IPO customer service standards Monday, 24 June 2024
Decision: Design hearing decision: O/0547/24 Friday, 21 June 2024
Decision: Design hearing decision: O/0545/24 Friday, 21 June 2024
Guidance: Requests for opinions: 2024 Thursday, 20 June 2024
Official Statistics: Facts and figures: patents, trade marks, designs and h… Thursday, 20 June 2024
Guidance: Patent Prosecution Highway Wednesday, 19 June 2024
Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 7048 Wednesday, 19 June 2024
Guidance: Requests to amend a patent after grant Wednesday, 19 June 2024
Notice: Trade marks and designs: hearing diaries Tuesday, 18 June 2024
Decision: Trade mark disputes: unpaid costs orders Tuesday, 18 June 2024
Transparency data: Register of Board Members' Interests Tuesday, 18 June 2024
Decision: Trade mark disputes: unpaid costs orders Thursday, 13 June 2024
Notice: Trade marks and designs: hearing diaries Thursday, 13 June 2024
Guidance: Requests for opinions: 2024 Wednesday, 12 June 2024
Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 7047 Wednesday, 12 June 2024
Notice: Patents: hearing diary Tuesday, 11 June 2024
Notice: Trade marks and designs: hearing diaries Tuesday, 11 June 2024
UKIPO and USPTO sign MoU on Standard Essential Patents Thursday, 06 June 2024
UKIPO and USPTO sign MoU on Standard Essential Patents Wednesday, 05 June 2024
Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 7046 Wednesday, 05 June 2024
Guidance: Copyright: orphan works Tuesday, 04 June 2024
Guidance: Search UK trade mark classes Tuesday, 04 June 2024
Guidance: Intellectual Property Office: how to pay us Tuesday, 04 June 2024
May 2024
Official Statistics: Monthly statistics: Patents, trade marks and designs: … Thursday, 30 May 2024
Guidance: Requests for opinions: 2024 Wednesday, 29 May 2024
Decision: Trade mark disputes: unpaid costs orders Wednesday, 29 May 2024
Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 7045 Wednesday, 29 May 2024
Notice: Patents: hearing diary Friday, 24 May 2024
Transparency data: IPO customer service standards Friday, 24 May 2024
Decision: Trade mark disputes: unpaid costs orders Friday, 24 May 2024
Notice: Trade marks and designs: hearing diaries Friday, 24 May 2024
Set up as a sole trader: step by step Thursday, 23 May 2024
Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 7044 Wednesday, 22 May 2024
Guidance: Requests to amend a patent after grant Wednesday, 22 May 2024
Guidance: Correction to the designs register under section 21: 6356561 Monday, 20 May 2024
Guidance: Correction to the designs register under section 21: 6337723 Monday, 20 May 2024
Decision: Trade mark disputes: unpaid costs orders Monday, 20 May 2024
Checking trade mark addresses and reporting misconduct of agents Thursday, 16 May 2024
Guidance: Requests for opinions: 2024 Thursday, 16 May 2024
Checking trade mark addresses and reporting misconduct of agents Wednesday, 15 May 2024
Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 7043 Wednesday, 15 May 2024
Transparency data: IPO payments: 2024 Monday, 13 May 2024
Notice: Patents: hearing diary Monday, 13 May 2024
Guidance: UK PatLib Network Friday, 10 May 2024
Notice: Patents: hearing diary Friday, 10 May 2024
Manual of trade marks practice Thursday, 09 May 2024
The examination guide Thursday, 09 May 2024
Guidance: Requests for opinions: 2024 Wednesday, 08 May 2024
Corporate report: Intellectual Property Office Corporate Plan 2024 to 2025 Wednesday, 08 May 2024
Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 7042 Wednesday, 08 May 2024
Guidance: Examining patent applications relating to artificial intelligence… Tuesday, 07 May 2024
Guidance: Copyright: orphan works Tuesday, 07 May 2024
Guidance: Search UK trade mark classes Tuesday, 07 May 2024
Corporate report: IP for a creative and innovative UK Strategy 2024 to 2027 Thursday, 02 May 2024
Decision: Design hearing decision: O/0386/24 Thursday, 02 May 2024
Notice: Trade marks and designs: hearing diaries Thursday, 02 May 2024
Notice: Patents: hearing diary Thursday, 02 May 2024
Promotional material: Business events Thursday, 02 May 2024
Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 7041 Wednesday, 01 May 2024
April 2024
Decision: Trade mark disputes: unpaid costs orders Friday, 26 April 2024
Official Statistics: Monthly statistics: Patents, trade marks and designs: … Thursday, 25 April 2024
Transparency data: IPO customer service standards Wednesday, 24 April 2024
Notice: Patents: hearing diary Wednesday, 24 April 2024
Guidance: Requests for opinions: 2024 Wednesday, 24 April 2024
Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 7040 Wednesday, 24 April 2024
Notice: Trade marks and designs: hearing diaries Tuesday, 23 April 2024
Decision: Trade mark disputes: unpaid costs orders Tuesday, 23 April 2024
Guidance: Protecting Intellectual Property Rights on e-commerce stores Thursday, 18 April 2024
Notice: Patents: hearing diary Thursday, 18 April 2024
Corporate report: IP Awareness and understanding among UK SMEs Thursday, 18 April 2024
Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 7039 Wednesday, 17 April 2024
Research: Exploring approaches to forecasting IP demand Tuesday, 16 April 2024
Guidance: New signs notified under Article 6ter of the Paris Convention Monday, 15 April 2024
Guidance: Vulnerability Disclosure Policy Friday, 12 April 2024
Transparency data: IPO customer service standards Friday, 12 April 2024
The classification addendum Friday, 12 April 2024
Manual of trade marks practice Friday, 12 April 2024
Notice: Trade marks and designs: hearing diaries Wednesday, 10 April 2024
Decision: Trade mark disputes: unpaid costs orders Wednesday, 10 April 2024
Guidance: Requests to amend a patent after grant Wednesday, 10 April 2024
Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 7038 Wednesday, 10 April 2024
Guidance: Search UK trade mark classes Tuesday, 09 April 2024
Guidance: Copyright: orphan works Tuesday, 09 April 2024
Notice: Patents: hearing diary Monday, 08 April 2024
Notice: Trade marks and designs: hearing diaries Friday, 05 April 2024
Decision: Design hearing decision: 0/0266/24 Friday, 05 April 2024
Transparency data: Intellectual Property Office: structure chart Friday, 05 April 2024
Guidance: Requests for opinions: 2024 Thursday, 04 April 2024
Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 7037 Wednesday, 03 April 2024
Guidance: Patents: Manual of Patent Practice Tuesday, 02 April 2024
Section 123: Rules Tuesday, 02 April 2024
Section 20: Failure of application Tuesday, 02 April 2024
Supplementary Protection Certificates for Medicinal and Plant Protection Pr… Tuesday, 02 April 2024
Section 18: Substantive examination and grant or refusal of patent Tuesday, 02 April 2024
March 2024
Guidance: Patent Cooperation Treaty for private applicants Sunday, 31 March 2024
1 April 2024: Update to the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) fees Sunday, 31 March 2024
Guidance: Artist's Resale Right Sunday, 31 March 2024
Official Statistics: Monthly statistics: Patents, trade marks and designs: … Thursday, 28 March 2024
Transparency data: IPO payments: 2024 Wednesday, 27 March 2024
Guidance: UK overseas intellectual property attaché network Wednesday, 27 March 2024
Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 7036 Wednesday, 27 March 2024
Decision: Trade mark disputes: unpaid costs orders Friday, 22 March 2024
Decision: Design hearing decision: O/0226/24 Thursday, 21 March 2024
Notice: Trade marks and designs: hearing diaries Thursday, 21 March 2024
Promotional material: Business events Thursday, 21 March 2024
Guidance: Trade mark forms and fees Thursday, 21 March 2024
Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 7035 Wednesday, 20 March 2024
Press release: Report launched into UK's IP-backed finance landscape Tuesday, 19 March 2024
Guidance: UK Industry Agreement on Music Streaming Metadata Working Groups Tuesday, 19 March 2024
Guidance: Requests for opinions: 2024 Monday, 18 March 2024
Guidance: Intellectual property mediation Thursday, 14 March 2024
Guidance: IP crime and enforcement for businesses Wednesday, 13 March 2024
Form: Application to register a trade mark Wednesday, 13 March 2024
Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 7034 Wednesday, 13 March 2024
Notice: Trade marks and designs: hearing diaries Friday, 08 March 2024
Guidance: Protecting Intellectual Property in the United Kingdom Friday, 08 March 2024
Decision: Trade mark disputes: unpaid costs orders Friday, 08 March 2024
Notice: Patents: hearing diary Friday, 08 March 2024
Open consultation: Extension of public performance rights to foreign nation… Thursday, 07 March 2024
Guidance: Requests for opinions: 2024 Thursday, 07 March 2024
Research: An analysis of the Metaverse IP landscape Thursday, 07 March 2024
Research: IP and Metaverse(s) – an externally commissioned research report Thursday, 07 March 2024
Decision: Trade mark disputes: unpaid costs orders Wednesday, 06 March 2024
Notice: Trade marks and designs: hearing diaries Wednesday, 06 March 2024
Guidance: Correction to the designs register under section 21: 6304519 Wednesday, 06 March 2024
Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 7033 Wednesday, 06 March 2024
Guidance: Requests to amend a patent after grant Wednesday, 06 March 2024
Guidance: Copyright: orphan works Tuesday, 05 March 2024
Guidance: Search UK trade mark classes Tuesday, 05 March 2024
Guidance: Intellectual Property Office: how to pay us Tuesday, 05 March 2024
1 April 2024: Update to the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) fees Friday, 01 March 2024
February 2024
Guidance: IP crime and enforcement for businesses Thursday, 29 February 2024
Research: Emerging public perceptions of intellectual property in UK media Thursday, 29 February 2024
Official Statistics: Monthly statistics: Patents, trade marks and designs: … Thursday, 29 February 2024
Press release: 'Choose Safe not Fake' campaign targets beauty and hygiene … Wednesday, 28 February 2024
Guidance: Extension of UK intellectual property rights abroad Wednesday, 28 February 2024
Decision: Trade mark disputes: unpaid costs orders Wednesday, 28 February 2024
Notice: Trade marks and designs: hearing diaries Wednesday, 28 February 2024
Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 7032 Wednesday, 28 February 2024
Guidance: Standard Essential Patents: 2024 forward look Tuesday, 27 February 2024
Transparency data: IPO customer service standards Tuesday, 27 February 2024
Research: The race to net zero: Tracking the green industrial revolution th… Monday, 26 February 2024
Research: Social media influencers and counterfeit goods: Wave 2 Thursday, 22 February 2024
Guidance: Requests for opinions: 2023 Wednesday, 21 February 2024
Decision: Trade mark disputes: unpaid costs orders Wednesday, 21 February 2024
Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 7031 Wednesday, 21 February 2024
Decision: Design hearing decision: O/0114/24 Monday, 19 February 2024
Guidance: Requests for opinions: 2024 Monday, 19 February 2024
Research: Equitable Remuneration (ER) in the Streaming Age Monday, 19 February 2024
Transparency data: IPO prompt supplier payments Thursday, 15 February 2024
Decision: Design hearing decision: O/0099/24 Thursday, 15 February 2024
Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 7030 Wednesday, 14 February 2024
Guidance: Requests to amend a patent after grant Wednesday, 14 February 2024
Notice: Trade marks and designs: hearing diaries Monday, 12 February 2024
Decision: Design hearing decision: O/0095/24 Friday, 09 February 2024
Guidance: Trade marks: standard opposition Friday, 09 February 2024
Notice: Trade marks and designs: hearing diaries Thursday, 08 February 2024
Decision: Design hearing decision: O/0090/24 Thursday, 08 February 2024
Closed consultation: Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances Wednesday, 07 February 2024
Guidance: Requests to amend a patent after grant Wednesday, 07 February 2024
Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 7029 Wednesday, 07 February 2024
Guidance: Copyright: orphan works Tuesday, 06 February 2024
Guidance: Search UK trade mark classes Tuesday, 06 February 2024
Decision: Trade mark disputes: unpaid costs orders Tuesday, 06 February 2024
Transparency data: Intellectual Property Office: structure chart Friday, 02 February 2024
Guidance: Requests for opinions: 2024 Friday, 02 February 2024
Notice: Trade marks and designs: hearing diaries Friday, 02 February 2024
Closed consultation: Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances Friday, 02 February 2024
Press release: Industry Transparency Code on Music Streaming announced by g… Friday, 02 February 2024
January 2024
Press release: Industry Transparency Code on Music Streaming announced by g… Wednesday, 31 January 2024
Guidance: UK Voluntary Code of Good Practice on Transparency in Music Strea… Wednesday, 31 January 2024
Guidance: Requests to amend a patent after grant Wednesday, 31 January 2024
Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 7028 Wednesday, 31 January 2024
Notice: Trade marks and designs: hearing diaries Monday, 29 January 2024
Notice: Trade marks and designs: hearing diaries Friday, 26 January 2024
Decision: Trade mark disputes: unpaid costs orders Thursday, 25 January 2024
Official Statistics: Monthly statistics: Patents, trade marks and designs: … Thursday, 25 January 2024
Transformation: Getting it right Thursday, 25 January 2024
Transparency data: IPO payments: 2023 Wednesday, 24 January 2024
Guidance: Requests to amend a patent after grant Wednesday, 24 January 2024
Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 7027 Wednesday, 24 January 2024
Guidance: Licensing bodies and collective management organisations Tuesday, 23 January 2024
Guidance: Intellectual Property training course: IP Masterclass Tuesday, 23 January 2024
Promotional material: Business events Tuesday, 23 January 2024
Decision: Design hearing decision: O/0038/24 Tuesday, 23 January 2024
Guidance: UK PatLib Network Tuesday, 23 January 2024
Guidance: Requests for opinions: 2024 Monday, 22 January 2024
Guidance: Requests for opinions: 2023 Friday, 19 January 2024
Decision: Trade mark disputes: unpaid costs orders Friday, 19 January 2024
Transparency data: IPO customer service standards Friday, 19 January 2024
Guidance: Licensing bodies and collective management organisations Wednesday, 17 January 2024
Guidance: Correction to the designs register under section 21: 6332721 Wednesday, 17 January 2024
Guidance: Search UK trade mark classes Wednesday, 17 January 2024
Guidance: Copyright: orphan works Wednesday, 17 January 2024
Notice: Trade marks and designs: hearing diaries Wednesday, 17 January 2024
Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 7026 Wednesday, 17 January 2024
Guidance: Requests to amend a patent after grant Wednesday, 17 January 2024
Guidance: UK PatLib Network Monday, 15 January 2024
Notice: Patents: hearing diary Monday, 15 January 2024
Decision: Trade mark disputes: unpaid costs orders Monday, 15 January 2024
Press release: Consultation on eligibility for right to be paid from broadc… Monday, 15 January 2024
Open consultation: Extension of public performance rights to foreign nation… Monday, 15 January 2024
Decision: Trade mark disputes: unpaid costs orders Thursday, 11 January 2024
Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 7025 Wednesday, 10 January 2024
Notice: Trade marks and designs: hearing diaries Wednesday, 03 January 2024
Guidance: Requests for opinions: 2024 Wednesday, 03 January 2024
Guidance: Requests for opinions: 2023 Wednesday, 03 January 2024
Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 7024 Wednesday, 03 January 2024
Guidance: Requests for opinions: 2024 Wednesday, 03 January 2024
Guidance: Requests for opinions: 2023 Tuesday, 02 January 2024
Section 3: Inventive step Tuesday, 02 January 2024
Section 1: Patentability Tuesday, 02 January 2024
Table of cases Tuesday, 02 January 2024
Changes to the Manual of Patent Practice Tuesday, 02 January 2024
Manual of Patent Practice Tuesday, 02 January 2024
Policy paper: Collective rights management in the UK Monday, 01 January 2024
Guidance: Intellectual property and Retained European Union Law: the facts Monday, 01 January 2024
1 January 2024: Update to the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) fees Monday, 01 January 2024
Guidance: Patent Cooperation Treaty for private applicants Monday, 01 January 2024
December 2023
Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 7023 Wednesday, 27 December 2023
Transparency data: IPO payments: 2023 Thursday, 21 December 2023
Notice: Patents: hearing diary Thursday, 21 December 2023
Official Statistics: Monthly statistics: Patents, trade marks and designs: … Thursday, 21 December 2023
Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 7022 Wednesday, 20 December 2023
Transparency data: IPO customer service standards Tuesday, 19 December 2023
Guidance: Protecting your trade mark abroad Tuesday, 19 December 2023
Guidance: Protecting your patent abroad Tuesday, 19 December 2023
Guidance: Protecting your design abroad Tuesday, 19 December 2023
Guidance: Protecting your copyright abroad Tuesday, 19 December 2023
Notice: Trade marks and designs: hearing diaries Friday, 15 December 2023
Decision: Trade mark disputes: unpaid costs orders Friday, 15 December 2023
Guidance: New signs notified under Article 6ter of the Paris Convention Friday, 15 December 2023
Notice: Patents: hearing diary Thursday, 14 December 2023
Notice: Trade marks and designs: hearing diaries Thursday, 14 December 2023
Guidance: Requests to amend a patent after grant Wednesday, 13 December 2023
Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 7021 Wednesday, 13 December 2023