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  • What intellectual property is, how you can protect it, and which of copyright, patents, design right and trade marks applies to your work.

  • A collection of guidance about applying for, managing and enforcing a patent. Patents help protect a product or process, for example machines and medicines.

  • A collection of guidance about how to protect, manage and enforce copyright. Copyright protects original literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works.

  • Includes registering, protecting and applying for designs and patents

  • Guidance relating to the protection, managing and enforcing of a registered design. Registered designs protect the appearance, shape or decoration of a product.

  • A collection of guidance about how to protect and enforce your intellectual property. Including information on infringement, counterfeiting and piracy.

  • Buy or get someone's permission to use a patent, trade mark, design or work under copyright

  • The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) is the official UK government body responsible for intellectual property (IP) rights including patents, designs, trade marks and copyright. IPO is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology , supported...

  • Intellectual property is the legal right associated with creations of the mind, e.g. artworks, inventions etc

  • Guidance on how to register, manage and enforce a trade mark. A trade mark protects your brand, for example the name of your product or service.