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Checking trade mark addresses and reporting misconduct of agents

We have increased the checks on addresses provided in trade mark applications and introduced a process for reporting misconduct by unregulated agents.

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Guidance: Requests for opinions: 2024

Information about opinions requests we have received this year

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Checking trade mark addresses and reporting misconduct of agents

We have increased the checks on addresses provided in trade mark applications and introduced a process for reporting misconduct by unregulated agents.

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Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 7043

Publication date 15 May 2024.

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Transparency data: IPO payments: 2024

The Intellectual Property Office publishes the data on all payments regardless of size on a monthly basis.

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Notice: Patents: hearing diary

Details of all patent hearings that are scheduled.

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Guidance: UK PatLib Network

The UK Patent Library Network provide users with local access to patent, trade mark, designs and copyright information.

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Notice: Patents: hearing diary

Details of all patent hearings that are scheduled.

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Manual of trade marks practice

The manual of trade marks practice sets out guidance on the Intellectual Property Office work practices.

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The examination guide

Section last updated: January 2021.

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Guidance: Requests for opinions: 2024

Information about opinions requests we have received this year

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Corporate report: Intellectual Property Office Corporate Plan 2024 to 2025

The plan outlines our key activities in the first year of delivering our strategy and working towards our mission.

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Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 7042

Publication date 8 May 2024.

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Guidance: Examining patent applications relating to artificial intelligence (AI) inventions

Guidelines and scenarios explaining how the IPO examines AI inventions.

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Guidance: Copyright: orphan works

How to get permission to copy a creative work for which the right holder(s) cannot be found ie an orphan work.

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Guidance: Search UK trade mark classes

Use this service to find goods and services that would be acceptable as part of a UK trade mark application.

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Corporate report: IP for a creative and innovative UK Strategy 2024 to 2027

Setting out how to deliver our mission to grow the UK economy by providing an IP system that encourages investment in creativity and innovation.

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Corporate report: IP for a creative and innovative UK Strategy 2024 to 2027

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Setting out how to deliver our mission to grow the UK economy by providing an IP system that encourages investment in creativity and innovation.

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Decision: Design hearing decision: O/0386/24

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Outcome of request to invalidate, hearing held on 29 April 2024.

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Notice: Trade marks and designs: hearing diaries

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Details of all scheduled trade mark (unless otherwise specified) procedural hearings, main hearings and appeals to the appointed person.

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Notice: Patents: hearing diary

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Details of all patent hearings that are scheduled.

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Promotional material: Business events

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Events which have an intellectual property or business focus.

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Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 7041

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Publication date 1 May 2024.

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Decision: Trade mark disputes: unpaid costs orders

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A list of unpaid costs following inter parte hearings about intellectual property

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Official Statistics: Monthly statistics: Patents, trade marks and designs: March 2024

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These statistics include monthly data for patents, trade marks and designs.

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Transparency data: IPO customer service standards

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The IPO customer service standards tell you the level of service you can expect and how we are performing against these targets.

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Notice: Patents: hearing diary

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Details of all patent hearings that are scheduled.

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Guidance: Requests for opinions: 2024

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Information about opinions requests we have received this year

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Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 7040

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Publication date 24 April 2024.

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Notice: Trade marks and designs: hearing diaries

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Details of all scheduled trade mark (unless otherwise specified) procedural hearings, main hearings and appeals to the appointed person.

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Decision: Trade mark disputes: unpaid costs orders

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A list of unpaid costs following inter parte hearings about intellectual property

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Guidance: Protecting Intellectual Property Rights on e commerce stores

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Understand how Alibaba, Amazon, eBay and Facebook help rights holders protect their intellectual property.

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Notice: Patents: hearing diary

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Details of all patent hearings that are scheduled.

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Corporate report: IP Awareness and understanding among UK SMEs

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This report is part of an ongoing series. It discusses the findings of the IPO’s Small and Medium-sized Enterprises IP Awareness Survey 2023

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Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 7039

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Publication date 17 April 2024.

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Research: Exploring approaches to forecasting IP demand

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A review of methods used by IP offices and other organisations to forecast applications for IP rights, including patents, trade marks and designs.

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Guidance: New signs notified under Article 6ter of the Paris Convention

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New signs are published online by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). This occurs every six months at the end of March and September.

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Guidance: Vulnerability Disclosure Policy

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How to report a security vulnerability on any Intellectual Property Office service or system.

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Transparency data: IPO customer service standards

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The IPO customer service standards tell you the level of service you can expect and how we are performing against these targets.

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The classification addendum

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Section last updated: May 2023.

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Manual of trade marks practice

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The manual of trade marks practice sets out guidance on the Intellectual Property Office work practices.

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Notice: Trade marks and designs: hearing diaries

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Details of all scheduled trade mark (unless otherwise specified) procedural hearings, main hearings and appeals to the appointed person.

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Decision: Trade mark disputes: unpaid costs orders

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A list of unpaid costs following inter parte hearings about intellectual property

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Guidance: Requests to amend a patent after grant

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Applications received to amend the specification of a patent under sections 27 and 75 before the court and the Office.

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Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 7038

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Publication date 10 April 2024.

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