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Report goods that you think infringe your intellectual property rights, even if they’re already being imported.
Information about opinions requests we have received this year.
Details of all patent hearings that are scheduled.
Practice Amendment Notice (PAN) in respect of retailing or bringing together of services
Highlighting Trading Standards annual IP crime survey results and successful IP cases in the UK.
What to do where a TPM prevents you from benefiting from a copyright exception.
These guidelines set out how we examine patent applications for biotechnological inventions under the Patents Act 1977.
Information on changes to IPO practice on examination of inventions involving Artificial Neural Networks.
These guidelines set out how we examine patent applications for chemical inventions
This provides information on the examination of applications which consists of multiple components.
The IPO has developed tools, guidance and teaching resources for primary, secondary, further and higher education, researchers and university management.
This notice is aimed at individuals and small businesses who may wish to use or create knitting, sewing and related patterns.
Information on designs hearings including costs and how to appeal against an outcome.
The below provides guidance and helpful information on the IPO's attaché based in North America
The below provides guidance and helpful information on the IPO's attaché based in LATAC
Information to help you protect, manage, and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in the UAE.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your Intellectual Property (IP) rights in South Korea.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in Australia.
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Guidance for businesses and organisations on the relationship between trade marks and geographical indications (GIs) at the end of the transition period.
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