Intellectual Property Office Corporate Plan 2025 to 2026
This plan outlines our main activities and focus in the second year of our strategy, Intellectual Property (IP) for a creative and innovative UK 2024 to 2027.
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Intellectual property (IP) is a powerful enabler of innovation and creativity across the UK economy. The government has set out a clear plan to deliver change and we will make sure that IP plays a crucial role in encouraging creativity, accelerating innovation and driving economic growth, in support of its national missions.
In May 2024, we published our strategy for 2024 to 2027. It provides the framework for how we will deliver our mission to help people grow the UK economy by providing an IP system that encourages investment in creativity and innovation.
This corporate plan sets out what we plan to deliver and focus on in the second year of this strategy.
Some of the important activities within our corporate plan for this year are:
- launching our One IPO patents service to all customers
- starting the next phase of our transformation programme, which focuses on our trade marks, designs and tribunals services
- continuing to develop our IP crime centre of excellence and deliver our counter infringement strategy, strengthening enforcement efforts and collaboration to tackle IP crime
- supporting small and medium-sized enterprise (SMEs) with access to finance and empowering them to make informed decisions and manage their IP effectively for growth
- continuing to shape the international IP system so that it supports UK and global innovation
- working with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology to develop practical measures which progress the government’s priorities on copyright and AI
- implementing our strategic workforce plan, ensuring we have the skills, capability and capacity to achieve our priorities effectively
- reviewing our current fees across all registered rights to ensure cost pressures are met and we remain self-funded and financially sustainable
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