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Renew and pay for a GB or European patent online - when renewal is due, fees, renew by post or phone instead
Register a design - what designs are protected, search the registers, prepare your illustrations, how to apply, disclaimers and limitations.
A design registration helps protect the appearance of a product, such as…
Search the following design registers to check if anyone else has…
You must prepare detailed illustrations of your design. You can include up…
You must have illustrations of your design before you can apply to…
The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) will examine your application. If…
Once your design is registered it will be published in the journal of…
Protect your brand by registering it as a trade mark - how to apply, fees, responding to objections to your trade mark, using the ® symbol
You can register your trade mark to protect your brand, for example the…
Before you apply for a trade mark you need to: decide which general…
To apply you’ll need: details of what you want to register, for example…
The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) will examine your application and…
Your trade mark will be registered around 10 weeks (2 months, plus 2…
Find out how the scheme works, including issuing shares and raising money, and how to submit your compliance statement.
Find out about being 'active', trading and non-trading, and being dormant if you’re a new or existing company or organisation.
A patent registers your invention and lets you take legal action against anyone who makes, uses, sells or imports your invention without your permission.
Accounts for Companies House and Company Tax Returns for HMRC - what you must send, deadlines, filing separately or together
Find out how the scheme works, including issuing shares and raising money and how to submit a compliance statement.
Intellectual property can be bought, sold or licensed.
Mediation is a type of alternative dispute resolution and may help you resolve an intellectual property dispute.
Buy or get someone's permission to use a patent, trade mark, design or work under copyright
How we are going to deliver our mission to grow the UK economy by providing an IP system that encourages investment in creativity and innovation.
Keep your details up to date in the patent register, tell the Intellectual Property Office about a change of owner or make a change to your patent
Object to a company's application to be removed from the companies register - how to find out if a company's applied for insolvency, who can object, how to object, what happens next.
International trade mark registrations protected in the EU under the Madrid Protocol will no longer enjoy protection in the UK after 1 January 2021.
The Intellectual Property Office offers different methods of accelerating the processing of your patent application.
The Insolvency and Companies List was formerly known as the Companies Court. We handle cases relating to the insolvency of companies, including: petitions to wind up a company applications to unfreeze bank accounts or challenge a winding up petition applications...
A new pathway supporting innovative approaches to the safe, timely and efficient development of medicines to improve patient access.
Greater access to IP-backed finance could help firms, especially small and medium enterprise (SMEs), leverage their IP to scale and grow.
Find out which stocks and shares you can purchase, make or hold in an investor's stocks and shares ISA.
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