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Guidance on options for making orphan works available online for cultural heritage institutions.
Practice Amendment Notice (PAN) in respect of retailing or bringing together of services
The Intellectual Property Office is introducing a number of changes to the fees for applying for patent protection and renewing granted patents.
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These guidelines set out how we examine patent applications for chemical inventions
An unofficial consolidated version of the Design right (unregistered) sections of part 3 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
This provides information on the examination of applications which consist of graphic symbols/icons, graphical web user interfaces and animated designs.
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