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Section (13.01 - 13.144) last updated July 2020.
Section (32.01 - 32.24) last updated: October 2025.
General guidance for all organisations (including charities, voluntary and not-for profit) on showing broadcasts to the public e.g. customers and employees.
Details on how to make a request for accelerated examination under the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH).
The fast track opposition process is intended to benefit business by improving access to opposition proceedings.
The UK Patent Library Network provide users with local access to patent, trade mark, designs and copyright information.
You can make an application to amend your patent after it has been granted either with us or at the Court.
Sections (20A.01 - 20A.16) last updated: October 2025.
Sections (27.01 - 27.33) last updated: April 2023.
This notice is aimed at small business and individuals who may wish to assign their own copyright or have been asked to assign copyright.
International trade mark registrations protected in the EU under the Madrid Protocol will no longer enjoy protection in the UK after 1 January 2021.
Section (5.01 - 5.56) last updated: March 2017.
Sections (117B.01 - 117B.05) last updated: January 2021.
If you are in a dispute with someone over the infringement or validity of a patent or SPC, you may request a non-binding opinion.
This guidance relates to Standard Essential Patents licensing.
Revocation is the legal procedure that allows anyone to try and remove a trade mark from the UK register.
Sections (3.01 - 3.38) last updated: October 2019.
Section (73.01 - 73.12) last updated: January 2025.
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