We have increased the checks on addresses provided in trade mark applications and introduced a process for reporting misconduct by unregulated agents.
Intellectual Property Office
- Guidance: Common land notices and decisions published in 2023 and 2024
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Information about opinions requests we have received this year
We have increased the checks on addresses provided in trade mark applications and introduced a process for reporting misconduct by unregulated agents.
Publication date 15 May 2024.
The Intellectual Property Office publishes the data on all payments regardless of size on a monthly basis.
Details of all patent hearings that are scheduled.
The UK Patent Library Network provide users with local access to patent, trade mark, designs and copyright information.
Details of all patent hearings that are scheduled.
The manual of trade marks practice sets out guidance on the Intellectual Property Office work practices.
Section last updated: January 2021.
Information about opinions requests we have received this year
The plan outlines our key activities in the first year of delivering our strategy and working towards our mission.
Publication date 8 May 2024.
Guidelines and scenarios explaining how the IPO examines AI inventions.
How to get permission to copy a creative work for which the right holder(s) cannot be found ie an orphan work.
Use this service to find goods and services that would be acceptable as part of a UK trade mark application.
Setting out how to deliver our mission to grow the UK economy by providing an IP system that encourages investment in creativity and innovation.
Setting out how to deliver our mission to grow the UK economy by providing an IP system that encourages investment in creativity and innovation.
Outcome of request to invalidate, hearing held on 29 April 2024.
Details of all scheduled trade mark (unless otherwise specified) procedural hearings, main hearings and appeals to the appointed person.
Details of all patent hearings that are scheduled.
Events which have an intellectual property or business focus.
Publication date 1 May 2024.
A list of unpaid costs following inter parte hearings about intellectual property
These statistics include monthly data for patents, trade marks and designs.
The IPO customer service standards tell you the level of service you can expect and how we are performing against these targets.
Details of all patent hearings that are scheduled.
Information about opinions requests we have received this year
Publication date 24 April 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
Understand how Alibaba, Amazon, eBay and Facebook help rights holders protect their intellectual property.
Details of all patent hearings that are scheduled.
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
Publication date 17 April 2024.
A review of methods used by IP offices and other organisations to forecast applications for IP rights, including patents, trade marks and designs.
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 report a security vulnerability on any Intellectual Property Office service or system.
The IPO customer service standards tell you the level of service you can expect and how we are performing against these targets.
Section last updated: May 2023.
The manual of trade marks practice sets out guidance on the Intellectual Property Office work practices.
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
Applications received to amend the specification of a patent under sections 27 and 75 before the court and the Office.
Publication date 10 April 2024.
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