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We provide advice to Ministers, who decide whether the UK should submit observations and intervene in Court of Justice (CJ) cases concerning IP.
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, aimed at businesses and SMEs, offers guidance on how to strengthen and protect their assets.
What to do where a TPM prevents you from benefiting from a copyright exception.
Information on targets for the re-examination of patent applications.
This glossary of terms for the trade marks tribunal provides definitions for technical or legal terms used in its practices or procedures.
Highlighting Trading Standards annual IP crime survey results and successful IP cases in the UK.
Provision of skeleton arguments and attendance at case management conferences/hearings in trade mark proceedings.
This toolkit helps UK and Chinese universities and industry manage Intellectual Property (IP) in UK-China collaborative research projects.
The EPO will be completing some searches of biotechnology patent applications for us. This guidance provides details of how that will work in practice.
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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