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  • Options following an objection to a trade mark examination

    Depending on the objection raised in your examination, you have 2 months to respond through a number of options.

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  • Trade mark disputes resolution: hearings

    Trade mark hearings and how to appeal against an outcome.

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  • Avoiding misleading payment requests

    Learn how to identify misleading invoices and what you should do if you receive one.

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  • Trade marks: invalidation

    Invalidation is the legal procedure which allows anyone to try and remove a trade mark from our register as if it had never been registered

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  • Tribunal Practice Notice (TPN) 1/2023: Costs in proceedings before the Comptroller

    A change in practice to costs in patents, trade mark and designs.

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  • Intellectual property mediation

    Mediation is a type of alternative dispute resolution and may help you resolve an intellectual property dispute.

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  • Filing evidence about an application or in tribunal proceedings

    Details on how to file evidence regarding your trade mark or during tribunal proceedings.

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  • Valuing your intellectual property

    Like other forms of property, you can buy, sell and license IP, it is important you understand the value your trade mark, patent or design.

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  • Collective and certification trade marks

    What collective and certification trade marks are and when they apply.

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  • Extension of UK intellectual property rights abroad

    Some countries may allow you to extend your UK IP protection and accept it as protected in that country after completing local formalities.

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  • Changes to international trade mark registrations

    International trade mark registrations protected in the EU under the Madrid Protocol will no longer enjoy protection in the UK after 1 January 2021.

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  • Trade marks: revocation

    Revocation is the legal procedure that allows anyone to try and remove a trade mark from the UK register.

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  • IP in China

    Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in China.

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  • Trade marks: rectification

    Rectification is the legal procedure which allows anyone to apply to correct an error or omission to the recorded details of a registered trade mark.

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  • Why you should use an IP attorney

    Your chances of obtaining a useful patent are significantly greater if you use an attorney. A patent specification is a legal document and requires specialist skills to draft properly.

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  • Changes to EU and international designs and trade mark protection

    Guidance for businesses holding registered Community designs and international trade marks and designs.

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  • Trading Standards IP Crime survey and Successes 2022 to 2023

    Highlighting Trading Standards annual IP crime survey results and successful IP cases in the UK.

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  • Trade marks: earlier rights

    As a trade mark applicant you need to consider whether to proceed with your application following issues raised in the examination report.

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  • Trade marks: fast track opposition

    The fast track opposition process is intended to benefit business by improving access to opposition proceedings.

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  • IP in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)

    Information to help you protect, manage, and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in the UAE.

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