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This section details the recent main changes to the manual.
Sections (70A.01-70A.08) last updated: July 2021.
Sections (75.01 - 75.21.2) last updated: April 2023.
Patentability.
This glossary of terms for the trade marks tribunal provides definitions for technical or legal terms used in its practices or procedures.
Trade mark opposition and invalidation proceedings.
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Sections (21.01 - 21.26) last updated: October 2025.
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Guidance on patents hearings and how to appeal against an outcome.
An overview of the work the IPO is undertaking in relation to Standard Essential Patents.
Guidance for businesses and organisations on the relationship between trade marks and geographical indications (GIs) at the end of the transition period.
You may be required to complete a witness statement to support your request to correct an error in a trade mark application.
The IPO has developed tools, guidance and teaching resources for primary, secondary, further and higher education, researchers and university management.
Guidance on the procedures the Intellectual Property Office follows when examining the formalities of patent applications.
Information on designs hearings including costs and how to appeal against an outcome.
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