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This page provides practical information to help you make the most of your IP when doing business in Peru.
A copyright notice is a concise note published by the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) providing basic copyright guidance.
You can make an application to amend your patent after it has been granted either with us or at the Court.
Be aware of misleading invoices offering services to help protect your IP rights in return for a fee.
Apply to manufacture Extemporaneous preparations, Autogenous vaccines, authorisations for Equine Stem Cell Centre (ESCCA) or Non-Food Animal Blood Bank (NFABBA).
To protect your patent outside of the UK, you usually need to apply in each country you want protection in.
Intellectual property can be bought, sold or licensed.
A collection of case studies showing how businesses have used copyright protection to create value from their ideas.
Use this form to request to reinstate a patent application.
Watch our caseworkers' top tips to make sure your applications are complete and correct. Avoid more than 20 common requisition points.
A patent registers your invention and lets you take legal action against anyone who makes, uses, sells or imports your invention without your permission.
A collection of case studies showing how businesses have used patents to protect their ideas and help them grow.
A collection of case studies showing how businesses have protected their designs to help create value from their ideas.
Claim relief on import duty and VAT when importing miscellaneous documents and related articles into the UK.
Ownership of copyright works may depend on the circumstances under which the work was created.
Use this form to request a certificate of the Comptroller or a certified or uncertified copy from a file or the register.
A collection of University case studies with an intellectual property focus.
This guidance relates to the legal criteria for determining whether a building is considered a higher-risk building under the Building Safety Act 2022 and the Higher-Risk Buildings (Descriptions and Supplementary Provisions) Regulations 2023. It relates to the definition of higher-risk...
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