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From Intellectual Property Office (IPO)
  • 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.