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Filing requirements for design applications.
These guidelines set out how the IPO examines patent applications for medical inventions.
Directions to direct the form and manner in which patent, trade mark and designs forms and documents can be submitted by e-mail.
The Collective Management of Copyright (EU Directive) Regulations 2016 set standards for bodies involved in the collective licensing of copyright works in the United Kingdom.
This strategy sets out the government’s approach to tackling intellectual property crime and infringement for the next five years
Information on how to order IPO publications including patent specification or a printed list of trade marks.
Publication date 6 August 2025
Publication date 13 August 2025.
An unofficial consolidated version of the patents related sections of parts 5 and 6 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
Practice Amendment Notice (PAN) in respect of retailing or bringing together of services
From 1 October 2017 you will have the option of marking your product with a web address, instead of the registered design number.
This toolkit helps UK and Chinese universities and industry manage Intellectual Property (IP) in UK-China collaborative research projects.
How to report a security vulnerability on any Intellectual Property Office service or system.
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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