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Section last updated: February 2023
Sections (14.01 - 14.209) last updated: April 2024.
How to enforce copyright when somebody uses your work without your permission.
To protect your trade mark outside of the UK, you usually need to apply in each country you want protection in.
The Trade Marks Act 1994 make up part of the trade mark legislation in the UK.
If you own the copyright in a work, you have exclusive rights over certain uses of that work. These rights fall into two categories: economic rights and moral rights.
Examples of unacceptable trade marks around protected emblems, internet domain names and your company name.
Guidance for copyright owners on how to grant a licence for, sell or market their work.
Music industry voluntary code that is a commitment to standards of good practice in relation to music streaming.
Intellectual property can be bought, sold or licensed.
The date of grant and date of publication will be available online for all UK national registered designs.
Opposition is the legal procedure that allows you to try to stop a published trade mark going on to become registered.
Guidance for businesses and organisations holding EU trade marks at the end of the transition period.
Sections (18.01 - 18.99) last updated: April 2024.
List of design forms and fees.
This explains the rules governing address for service for intellectual property rights in the UK.
There are 7 model research collaboration agreements for universities and companies that wish to undertake collaborative research projects together.
Information on paying by card, cheque, bank transfer or deposit account.
Summary of the government's ongoing programme of work to develop a code of practice on copyright and AI.
Authors of original works of art are entitled to a royalty each time one of their works is resold through an art market professional.
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