We use some essential cookies to make this website work.
We’d like to set additional cookies to understand how you use GOV.UK, remember your settings and improve government services.
We also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver content from their services.
You have accepted additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
You have rejected additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
Departments, agencies and public bodies
News stories, speeches, letters and notices
Detailed guidance, regulations and rules
Reports, analysis and official statistics
Consultations and strategy
Data, Freedom of Information releases and corporate reports
To protect your trade mark outside of the UK, you usually need to apply in each country you want protection in.
The Trade Marks Act 1994 make up part of the trade mark legislation in the UK.
Ownership of copyright works may depend on the circumstances under which the work was created.
List of design forms and fees.
The principal legislation on copyright can be found in the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
Guidance for businesses and organisations holding EU trade marks at the end of the transition period.
Sections (14.01 - 14.209) last updated: April 2024.
Intellectual property can be bought, sold or licensed.
Guidance for copyright owners on how to grant a licence for, sell or market their work.
Opposition is the legal procedure that allows you to try to stop a published trade mark going on to become registered.
The Registered Designs Act 1949 is the current law for the registration of designs and the protection of registered designs in the UK
Benefit from your trade mark by licensing, mortgaging, selling, transferring ownership, merging and exploit by marketing.
In order to better understand the process of applying for a design, we recommend you view the design timeline.
This explains the rules governing address for service for intellectual property rights in the UK.
The Trade Marks Rules 2008 set out the detailed procedures under the Trade Marks Act 1994, and came into force on 1 October 2008.
The Patents Act 1977 is the main law governing the patents system in the UK.
Authors of original works of art are entitled to a royalty each time one of their works is resold through an art market professional.
If you own the copyright in a work, you have exclusive rights over certain uses of that work. These rights fall into two categories: economic rights and moral rights.
Sections (3.01 - 3.101) last updated: April 2024.
Finding the right advice and advisor is the first step in making the best decisions for your invention or business.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
To help us improve GOV.UK, we’d like to know more about your visit today. Please fill in this survey.