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Directions under rule 109 of the Patents Rules 2007 to extend a specified period may be made using electronic communications.
Information on the introduction of notifications of intention to grant.
Highlighting Trading Standards annual IP crime survey results and successful IP cases in the UK.
The Lambert Toolkit contains an example of a form of variation agreement for the collaboration and consortium agreements.
Review of Fast Track Opposition Process: New Costs Cap.
SEPs are of growing importance to the UK economy. The IPO is committed to ensuring the current SEPs framework functions effectively to encourage innovation and promote competition.
These guidelines set out how we examine patent applications for biotechnological inventions under the Patents Act 1977.
How can the UK intellectual property system better support our globally successful design industry?
Guidance for business: setting out how the new patents, trade marks and designs fees will apply
Designs correction of error notices are used to notify any third party of a proposed correction of a clerical error made by the registry prior to a correction taking place.
A change in practice in the registrar’s service of documents in trade mark and registered design inter partes proceedings.
European patents and patent applications.
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