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To protect your invention outside of the UK, you usually need to apply in each country you want protection in.
Protection in the EU for databases produced in the UK.
Understand how intellectual property crime and infringement occurs and impacts on businesses.
If your patent has ceased because you did not pay your renewal fee in time, you can apply to restore it.
Section (4.01 - 4.94) last updated: October 2019.
You should get legal advice before applying for intellectual property. Your chances of obtaining intellectual property are much greater if you use an attorney.
Sections (120.01 - 120.08) last updated: January 2025.
Rectification is the legal procedure which allows anyone to apply to correct an error or omission to the recorded details of a registered trade mark.
The Lambert Toolkit contains two examples of heads of terms, one for collaboration agreements and the other for consortium agreements.
Actions that intellectual property rights holders and parallel exporters and to and from the European Economic Area (EEA) need to take.
Sections (15A.01 - 15A.26) last updated: October 2025..
Anyone has the right to object and challenge someone else’s design.
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.
Information about opinions requests we have received this year.
What collective and certification trade marks are and when they apply.
Guidelines and scenarios explaining how the IPO examines AI inventions.
Directions to direct the form and manner in which patent, trade mark and designs forms and documents can be submitted by e-mail.
You can help define the scope of protection given to your registered design by including a disclaimer or limitation alongside your illustration.
The fast track opposition process is intended to benefit business by improving access to opposition proceedings.
Trade mark opposition and invalidation proceedings.
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