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How to write a description for a patent application.
Sections (3.01 - 3.101) last updated: January 2025.
Depending on the objection raised in your examination, you have 2 months to respond through a number of options.
The Patents Act 1977 is the main law governing the patents system in the UK.
Details on how to file evidence regarding your trade mark or during tribunal proceedings.
Includes chapters on definition of a design, novelty and individual character, technical function, morality and emblems.
Invalidation is the legal procedure which allows anyone to try and remove a trade mark from our register as if it had never been registered.
Here's some information and guidance on what to do if you receive a scam e-mail
Guidance for businesses and organisations holding EU trade marks at the end of the transition period.
Like other forms of property, you can buy, sell and license IP, it is important you understand the value your trade mark, patent or design.
How to produce drawings for your patent application.
The date of grant and date of publication will be available online for all UK national registered designs.
Sections (13.01 - 13.19) last updated: January 2026.
Sections (10.01 to 10.84) last updated: July 2020.
A form of IP that extends the protection of patented active ingredients present in pharmaceutical or plant protection products.
Some countries may allow you to extend your UK IP protection and accept it as protected in that country after completing local formalities.
Use these fact sheets to assist you with your patent application.
Sections (2.01 - 2.41) last updated October 2025.
How to enforce copyright when somebody uses your work without your permission.
You can make observations on the patentability of a published patent application.
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