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Summary of the government's ongoing work addressing key issues identified by the DCMS Select Committee’s Inquiry into the Economics of Music Streaming.
This guidance relates to Standard Essential Patents licensing.
Restricting specifications of applications and registrations subject to Tribunal proceedings
This section of the SEPs Resource Hub signposts to relevant UK cases concerning SEPs.
This guide explains the Intellectual Property practice under the Registered Designs Act 1949 and the Registered Design Rules 2006.
You can help define the scope of protection given to your registered design by including a disclaimer or limitation alongside your illustration.
Guidance on searching for right holders in copyright works to obtain permission to reproduce the work.
Sections (39.01 - 39.13) last updated: April 2021.
Sections (76.01 - 76.28) last updated: April 2024.
Section (89A.01 - 89A.26) last updated: January 2023.
Sections (23.01 - 23.08) last updated: April 2023.
You can make an application to amend your patent after it has been granted either with us or at the Court.
The Lambert Toolkit contains two examples of heads of terms, one for collaboration agreements and the other for consortium agreements.
Understand how intellectual property crime and infringement occurs and impacts on businesses.
Practice Amendment Notice (PAN) following the Supreme Court’s judgment in SkyKick UK Ltd and another v Sky Ltd and others.
Sections (28.01 - 28.18) last updated April 2021.
Section (88.01) last updated: April 2007.
Music industry voluntary code that is a commitment to standards of good practice in relation to music streaming.
Detailed information about the new service.
This notice is aimed at small business and individuals who may wish to assign their own copyright or have been asked to assign copyright.
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