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Information on changes to IPO practice involving Supplementary Protection Certificates.
Sections (21.01 to 21.42) last updated: September 2017.
Designs correction of error notices are used to notify any third party of a proposed correction of a clerical error made by the registry prior to a correction taking place.
Publication date 26 March 2025.
Sections (131.01 - 131.03) last updated: April 2007.
Publication date 12 February 2025.
Sections (20.01 - 20.30) last updated: April 2020.
How to report a security vulnerability on any Intellectual Property Office service or system.
Directions for use of a revised DF2A form for applying to register a design.
Publication date 18 June 2025.
Publication date 24 January 2024.
Directions for use of new design forms DF5 and DF55
Publication date 1 January 2025.
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Property in patents and applications, and registration.
Publication date 4 September 2024.
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