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Mediation is a type of alternative dispute resolution and may help you resolve an intellectual property dispute.
Section last updated: August 2022.
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.
Section (14.01 -14.39) last updated: March 2017.
Section last updated: November 2020.
Section last updated: January 2019.
This notice provides advice for anyone wishing to understand how long copyright protection lasts in new and existing works.
Section (4A.01 - 4A.31) last updated January 2025.
Summary of the government's ongoing work addressing key issues identified by the DCMS Select Committee’s Inquiry into the Economics of Music Streaming.
Details of all scheduled trade mark (unless otherwise specified) procedural hearings, main hearings and appeals to the appointed person.
Sections (6.01 - 6.66) last updated: July 2020.
Section (89A.01 - 89A.26) last updated: January 2023.
Information about opinions requests we have received this year.
Guidance on the procedures the Intellectual Property Office follows when examining the formalities of patent applications.
Guidance for Satellite broadcasters transmitting copyright works into the UK and from the UK to EEA states.
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.
Events which have an intellectual property or business focus.
Protection of your copyright work abroad will usually be automatic in the same way UK protection works.
This guide is for patent owners who need further information on filing proceedings as an option to resolve a dispute.
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