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To help businesses to present the security and financial worth of their IP when seeking finance and help banks recognise the value of IP in a business.
Complaints procedures for collective management organisations.
The UK joining The Hague Agreement and the commencement of International design examination on the 13 June 2018.
These guidelines set out how we examine patent applications for chemical inventions
The Collective Management of Copyright (EU Directive) Regulations 2016: how the IPO will carry out investigation and enforcement activities.
What to do if you have received a letter alleging someone has used your internet connection to download copyright protected material.
Guidance on avoiding piracy and counterfeit goods online.
Guidance on the patent opinions service, including guidance for users of the service and our procedures for handling opinions
Publication date 30 July 2025
Guidance on administrative procedures for patent and design right proceedings and requests for Restorations and Post-Grant.
Expectations for engagement by national non-economic regulators about the impact on business of changes in regulatory policy and practice.
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.
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.
A change to practice in proceedings before the Registrar’s Tribunal.
A change in practice in the registrar’s service of documents in trade mark and registered design inter partes proceedings.
The use of statements of case with notices of opposition and applications for invalidity.
Includes classifying designs under the Locarno system.
To help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in Laos.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in Bahrain.
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