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Protect your brand by registering it as a trade mark - how to apply, fees, responding to objections to your trade mark, using the ® symbol.
Publication date 6 November 2024.
Highlighting Trading Standards annual IP crime survey results and successful IP cases in the UK
What you need to do if you set up as a sole trader - check your employment status, understand your obligations, and register for tax.
The government has published its response to the consultation on the extension of public performance rights to foreign nationals.
The government is seeking views on changes to how foreign nationals qualify for broadcasting and performance rights in UK copyright law
Highlighting Trading Standards annual IP crime survey results and successful IP cases in the UK.
An unofficial consolidated version of the patents related sections of parts 5 and 6 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
How SPC law will be affected by new legislation which comes into force on 1 January 2025, and what actions SPC holders and applicants will need to take.
These statistics include monthly data for patents, trade marks and designs.
Publication date 30 October 2024.
Details of all scheduled trade mark (unless otherwise specified) procedural hearings, main hearings and appeals to the appointed person.
A list of unpaid costs following inter parte hearings about intellectual property
Information about opinions requests we have received this year
UK Resource Hub for Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) launched today by UK Intellectual Property Office (UK IPO).
Information about opinions requests we have received this year
Information about opinions requests we have received this year
Information about opinions requests we have received this year
Outcome of request to invalidate, hearing held on 16 October 2024.
A list of unpaid costs following inter parte hearings about intellectual property
The Patents Rules 2007 set out the detailed procedures under the Patents Act 1977, and came into force on 17 December 2007.
The IPO customer charter sets out our approach to supporting innovation and creativity through excellent customer service.
Applications received to amend the specification of a patent under sections 27 and 75 before the court and the Office.
Publication date 23 October 2024.
Outcome of request to invalidate, hearing held on 14 October 2024.
A list of unpaid costs following inter parte hearings about intellectual property
The campaign focuses on the serious risks these goods pose, warning that ‘Fake Always Breaks’ .
Information about opinions requests we have received this year
Details of all patent hearings that are scheduled.
Details of all scheduled trade mark (unless otherwise specified) procedural hearings, main hearings and appeals to the appointed person.
Information about opinions requests we have received this year
Events which have an intellectual property or business focus.
The campaign focuses on the serious risks these goods pose, warning that ‘Fake Always Breaks’ .
New signs are published online by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). This occurs every six months at the end of March and September.
How to identify and avoid buying fake car parts and how to report.
The IPO customer service standards tell you the level of service you can expect and how we are performing against these targets.
Outcome of request to invalidate, hearing held on 28 June 2024.
Publication date 16 October 2024.
A list of unpaid costs following inter parte hearings about intellectual property
The Intellectual Property Office partners with Kids Invent Stuff and Taskmaster Education to launch nationwide competition for young innovators.
Details of all scheduled trade mark (unless otherwise specified) procedural hearings, main hearings and appeals to the appointed person.
These guidelines set out how we examine patent applications for chemical inventions
The Patents Act 1977 is the main law governing the patents system in the UK.
Understand how Alibaba, Amazon, eBay, Facebook, Temu and Tiktok help rights holders protect their intellectual property.
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