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Includes chapters on applying for International registrations, design representation, deferment of publication, examination, refusals and renewals.
Includes classifying designs under the Locarno system.
Intellectual property insurance may not be appropriate for every business however you may find that IP insurance has numerous benefits.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in China.
Sections (117B.01 - 117B.05) last updated: January 2021.
Sections (15A.01 - 15A.26) last updated July 2022.
Section last updated: April 2025.
Patentability.
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.
Copyright advice on printed music issues aimed at singers, instrumentalists, orchestras, choirs, bands and other users of printed music.
Directions to direct the form and manner in which patent, trade mark and designs forms and documents can be submitted by e-mail.
Privacy notices regarding personal data processed by the IPO for the administration of IP rights, or data processed under a contract or consent
Section (5.01 - 5.56) last updated: March 2017.
Sections (23.01 - 23.08) last updated: April 2023.
Anyone has the right to object and challenge someone else’s design.
This guide helps Higher Education Institutions set strategies optimising the benefits from intellectual assets created by staff or students.
Understand how intellectual property crime and infringement occurs and impacts on businesses.
Using the international patent, UK patent and cooperative patent classification schemes
This document provides guidance on the Collective Management of Copyright (EU Directive) Regulations 2016.
These directions prescribe the form and manner in which email messages should be delivered to the IPO to withdraw patent applications.
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