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Sections (3.01 - 3.38) last updated: October 2019.
Section (13.01 - 13.144) last updated July 2020.
To help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in Indonesia.
The below provides guidance and helpful information on the IPO's attaché based in China
The below provides guidance and helpful information on the IPO's attaché based in the Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan
Examination and search.
Patentability.
Employees’ inventions.
You can write to us and offer to surrender your patent after it has been granted.
Two expert working groups have been established to develop, support and champion practical measures to facilitate delivery of the core data set outlined in the metadata agreement.
This document provides guidance on the Collective Management of Copyright (EU Directive) Regulations 2016.
Changes to trade marks, and designs forms to improve clarity and facilitate processing.
Patents, designs and trade marks forms changes.
Changes to the fee-bearing trade marks forms to show the fees payable from 1 April 2026
Privacy notices regarding personal data processed by the IPO for the administration of IP rights, or data processed under a contract or consent
The IPO has developed tools, guidance and teaching resources for primary, secondary, further and higher education, researchers and university management.
Guidance for businesses who have unregistered Community designs.
UK customers may not be able to access their online content services when they visit the EU.
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