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Services

1. Search for a trade mark

   Look up a trade mark to see if something identical or similar to your brand is already registered

2. Search for a patent

   Find registered patents, patent applications and pending patents

3. Find a registered design

   Find registered designs in the UK

4. Check the trade marks journal

   Find details of recent trade mark applications or amendments by searching the journal

5. Check the patents journal

   Check the patents journal to find UK-registered patents granted, published and filed

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Guidance and regulation

1. Trade mark forms and fees
   • Guidance
   • 14 January 2019
   • Intellectual Property Office
2. Patent forms and fees
   • Guidance
   • 30 May 2018
   • Intellectual Property Office
3. Manual of Patent Practice
   • Manual
   • 1 October 2019
   • Intellectual Property Office
4. Copyright Acts and related laws
   • Statutory guidance
   • 25 January 2019
   • Intellectual Property Office
5. Manual of trade marks practice
   • Guidance
   • 14 January 2019
   • Intellectual Property Office

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News and communications

21 July 2019 — Press release

Crack down on misuse of Non-Disclosure Agreements in the workplace

Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy

1. Apply to the Attorney General’s Civil Panel Counsel - London A, B and C Panel
   • 19 February 2019
   • Attorney General's Office and Government Legal Department
   • News story
2. Apply to the Attorney General’s London A, B or C Panel of junior counsel
   • 18 February 2019
   • Attorney General's Office and Government Legal Department
   • News story
3. Judges annual pay review 2018/19: David Gauke blog
   • 26 October 2018
   • Ministry of Justice
   • Authored article
4. British Embassy launches new project to strengthen Kosovo's Judicial and Prosecutorial Systems
   • 9 October 2018
   • World news story

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Policy papers and consultations

1. Confidentiality clauses: measures to prevent misuse in situations of workplace harassment or discrimination
   • 21 July 2019
   • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 29 April 2019
2. Assessing risk of harm to children and parents in private law children cases
   • 19 July 2019
   • Ministry of Justice
   • Closed consultation
   • Date closed 28 August 2019

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Organisations

1. Intellectual Property Office
2. Foreign & Commonwealth Office
3. Ministry of Justice
4. Government Legal Department
5. Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy

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1. Attorney General's Office
2. Copyright Tribunal
3. Department for Transport
4. HM Courts & Tribunals Service

1. Parole Board

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1. Copyright
2. Designs
3. Patents
4. Trade marks