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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.
Information on changes to IPO practice on Search and Examination of UK patent applications.
Section (89A.01 - 89A.26) last updated: October 2026.
Section last updated: November 2020.
This notice is aimed at small businesses and individuals who may wish to use digital or photographic images on the web.
The Intellectual Property Office offers different methods of accelerating the processing of your patent application.
Monitor the progress of a patent application through search reports, open to the public inspection files, and caveats.
Sections (25.01 - 25.15) last updated: October 2026.
The Lambert Toolkit contains two examples of heads of terms, one for collaboration agreements and the other for consortium agreements.
Highlighting Trading Standards annual IP crime survey results.
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This notice provides advice for anyone wishing to understand how long copyright protection lasts in new and existing works.
There are different model agreements for management of Intellectual Property (IP) in collaborative research in the UK and overseas.
Guidance on the changes to copyright law and how they might have an impact on you.
Find out about the first publication of your patent application and what it means for your future rights.
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