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Examples of unacceptable trade marks around protected emblems, internet domain names and your company name.
This guidance outlines how to make informed choices about your organisation’s reliance on cloud technologies.
Form A64A: Application to receive information from court records about a parental order.
A collection of guidance explaining different types of intellectual property. Including tools and case studies about protecting IP in your business.
What to do if you think you've spotted a scam pretending to be from Companies House, and examples of scam emails, letters and telephone calls.
What intellectual property is, how you can protect it, and which of copyright, patents, design right and trade marks applies to your work
Applications received to amend the specification of a patent under sections 27 and 75 before the court and the Office.
How to remove your home address from the public register if you’ve used it as a service address for correspondence, or a shareholder's address. This also applies to LLPs and LLP members.
Explainer for the pharmaceutical industry on the ongoing implementation of the Veterinary Medicines Regulation relating to applications and authorisations for veterinary medicines.
A copyright notice is a concise note published by the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) providing basic copyright guidance.
Watch our caseworkers' top tips to make sure your applications are complete and correct. Avoid more than 20 common requisition points.
Download and fill in this form to find out if someone has an attorney or deputy acting for them.
We are a specialist list set up to deal with: claims and appeals concerning patents (including supplementary protection certificates), registered designs, copyright issues, trade marks, semiconductor topography rights and plant varieties; claims and appeals concerning the and other intellectual property...
Be aware of misleading invoices offering services to help protect your IP rights in return for a fee.
This guidance summarises the types of defects to which the leaseholder protections in the Building Safety Act 2022 apply.
Find out what trade barriers are and how they may affect you when exporting goods or services.
Information from the National Health Service on conditions, treatments, local services and healthy living
How to protect your company from scams and fraud and how to report it.
This collection brings together arrangements the UK has made with Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies for the sharing of beneficial ownership information.
Intellectual property can be bought, sold or licensed.
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