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This guide is for businesses and sets out ways to successfully manage their intangible assets, or IP.
Guidance on the procedures the Intellectual Property Office follows when examining the formalities of patent applications.
International trade mark registrations protected in the EU under the Madrid Protocol will no longer enjoy protection in the UK after 1 January 2021.
Music industry voluntary code that is a commitment to standards of good practice in relation to music streaming.
Section (14.01 -14.39) last updated: March 2017.
Sections (6.01 - 6.66) last updated: July 2020.
Sections (15A.01 - 15A.26) last updated: October 2026.
Publication date 30 September 2026.
Revocation is the legal procedure that allows anyone to try and remove a trade mark from the UK register.
Events which have an intellectual property or business focus.
The IPO's IP for business tools, training and guidance can help you create value from your ideas, turning inspiration into sustainable business success.
Information on designs hearings including costs and how to appeal against an outcome.
You can make an application to amend your patent after it has been granted either with us or at the Court.
Sections (67.01 - 67.06) last updated: July 2022.
This guidance describes the dispute resolution services and remedies available for standard essential patents (SEPs) disputes.
The IPO has developed tools, guidance and teaching resources for primary, secondary, further and higher education, researchers and university management.
Privacy notices regarding personal data processed by the IPO for the administration of IP rights, or data processed under a contract or consent
A career for scientists, engineers, mathematicians and computer scientists.
This guidance relates to Standard Essential Patents licensing.
This section of the SEPs Resource Hub signposts to relevant UK cases concerning SEPs.
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