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To protect your trade mark outside of the UK, you usually need to apply in each country you want protection in.
Licensing bodies and collective management organisations can agree licences with users on behalf of owners and collect any royalties the owners are owed.
Ownership of copyright works may depend on the circumstances under which the work was created.
The principal legislation on copyright can be found in the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
Examples of unacceptable trade marks around protected emblems, internet domain names and your company name.
Authors of original works of art are entitled to a royalty each time one of their works is resold through an art market professional.
Sections (3.01 - 3.101) last updated: January 2025.
The Trade Marks Act 1994 make up part of the trade mark legislation in the UK.
Benefit from your trade mark by licensing, mortgaging, selling, transferring ownership, merging and exploit by marketing.
You may receive a misleading invoice that requests payment for a service related to a trade mark, design, or patent. Here's some information and guidance on what to do.
Sections (18.01 - 18.99) last updated: April 2025.
In order to better understand the process of applying for a design, we recommend you view the design timeline.
Guidance for copyright owners on how to grant a licence for, sell or market their work.
Sections (2.01 - 2.41) last updated April 2025.
This guide provides information on how design applications are examined in respect of national applications filed at the UK Intellectual Property Office.
Opposition is the legal procedure that allows you to try to stop a published trade mark going on to become registered.
Includes chapters on applications, modification, priority and convention claims, illustrations and disclaimers.
Intellectual property can be bought, sold or licensed.
The Patents Act 1977 is the main law governing the patents system 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.
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