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Section last updated: October 2024.
Highlighting Trading Standards annual IP crime survey results and successful IP cases in the UK.
Sections (5.01 - 5.32) last updated: April 2025.
If your patent has ceased because you did not pay your renewal fee in time, you can apply to restore it.
General guidance for all organisations (including charities, voluntary and not-for profit) on showing broadcasts to the public e.g. customers and employees.
Section (14.01 -14.39) last updated: March 2017.
Sections (20.01 - 20.10) last updated April 2024.
Publication date 4 June 2025.
Interactive guide for universities and companies to determine which agreements to use for collaborative research projects.
There are different model agreements for management of Intellectual Property (IP) in collaborative research in the UK and overseas.
Guidance on searching for right holders in copyright works to obtain permission to reproduce the work.
You can help define the scope of protection given to your registered design by including a disclaimer or limitation alongside your illustration.
The UK Patent Library Network provide users with local access to patent, trade mark, designs and copyright information.
Sections (19.01 - 19.26) last updated: October 2024.
Summary of the government's ongoing programme of work addressing key issues identified by the DCMS Select Committee’s Inquiry into the Economics of Music Streaming, including an indicative timeline for upcoming milestone…
Sections (76.01 - 76.28) last updated: April 2024.
This guidance relates to Technical Standards and Standard Development Organisations to describe the typical first step in a Standard Essential Patent (SEP) journey.
Thinking of doing business in Southeast Asia, China, Latin America, North America, Middle East, North Africa and India? Help and advice is available through our IP liaison officers (attachés).
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To protect your invention outside of the UK, you usually need to apply in each country you want protection in.
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