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The Patents Act 1977 is the main law governing the patents system in the UK.
The Intellectual Property Office offers different methods of accelerating the processing of your patent application.
This collection brings together all documents relating to patents, trade marks, and designs monthly statistics
Practice notices announce changes to our practice, such as how we interpret a provision of the law, or how we handle applications.
You can make observations on the patentability of a published patent application.
Sections (33.01 - 33.06) last updated: January 2021.
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.
A collection of case studies showing how businesses have used patents to protect their ideas and help them grow.
Keep up to date with the UK policy development in respect of Standard Essential Patents.
We handle cases relating to intellectual property disputes about: patents registered designs plant varieties If the amount sought (damages) is under £500,000 then the case can also be heard by the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court . If the amount sought...
The Patents Act 1977 allows us to give directions in some areas, so that we can react quickly to change.
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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.
The Patents Journal special notices are published every Wednesday at 4:30am.
The forms set out in the Schedule to these directions are the forms the use of which is required by the Patents Rules 2007 (SI 2007/3291)
Monitor the progress of a patent application through search reports, open to the public inspection files, and caveats.
Use this form as the proprietor of a patent to request an entry in the register to show that licences under the patent are available as of right.
These datasets are snapshots of patent/SPC applications received and subsequently published by the Intellectual Property Office.
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