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From Intellectual Property Office (IPO)
  • Protecting your trade mark abroad

    To protect your trade mark outside of the UK, you usually need to apply in each country you want protection in.

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  • Licensing bodies and collective management organisations

    Licensing bodies and collective management organisations can agree licences with users on behalf of owners and collect any royalties the owners are owed.

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  • Section 14: The application

    Sections (14.01 - 14.209) last updated: January 2026.

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  • Ownership of copyright works

    Ownership of copyright works may depend on the circumstances under which the work was created.

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  • Licensing intellectual property

    Intellectual property can be bought, sold or licensed.

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  • Section 18: Substantive examination and grant or refusal of patent

    Sections (18.01 - 18.99) last updated: January 2026.

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  • Design forms and fees

    List of design forms and fees.

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  • Trade Marks Act 1994

    The Trade Marks Act 1994 make up part of the trade mark legislation in the UK.

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  • License, mortgage, transfer, merge and market your trade mark

    Benefit from your trade mark by licensing, mortgaging, selling, transferring ownership, merging and exploit by marketing.

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  • Unacceptable trade marks

    Examples of unacceptable trade marks around protected emblems, internet domain names and your company name.

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  • Intellectual Property Office: new fees from 1 April 2026

    Guidance for business: setting out how the new patents, trade marks and designs fees will apply

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  • Trade Marks Rules

    The Trade Marks Rules 2008 set out the detailed procedures under the Trade Marks Act 1994, and came into force on 1 October 2008.

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  • How to file documents with the Intellectual Property Office

    We have a number of options for you to submit your documents.

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  • Section 17: Search

    Sections (17.01 - 17.123) last updated: October 2025.

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  • Seeking intellectual property advice

    Finding the right advice and advisor is the first step in making the best decisions for your invention or business.

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  • Copyright: orphan works

    How to get permission to copy a creative work for which the right holder(s) cannot be found ie an orphan work.

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  • University and business collaboration agreements: model research collaboration agreements

    There are 7 model research collaboration agreements for universities and companies that wish to undertake collaborative research projects together.

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  • Address for service for intellectual property rights

    This explains the rules governing address for service for intellectual property rights in the UK.

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  • Requests to amend a patent after grant

    Applications received to amend the specification of a patent under sections 27 and 75 before the court and the Office.

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  • The rights granted by copyright

    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.

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