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Guidance on the patent opinions service, including guidance for users of the service and our procedures for handling opinions
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Details of all patent hearings that are scheduled.
Performers in literary, dramatic or musical works have certain rights in how those works can then be used.
We provide advice to Ministers, who decide whether the UK should submit observations and intervene in Court of Justice (CJ) cases concerning IP.
SEPs are of growing importance to the UK economy. The IPO is committed to ensuring the current SEPs framework functions effectively to encourage innovation and promote competition.
This glossary of terms for the trade marks tribunal provides definitions for technical or legal terms used in its practices or procedures.
A change to practice in proceedings before the Registrar’s Tribunal.
This toolkit helps UK and Korean universities and industry manage Intellectual Property (IP) in collaborative research projects.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in Australia.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in Cambodia.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in Indonesia.
This page provides practical information to help you make the most of your IP when doing business in Kazakhstan.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in Oman.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in Qatar.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your Intellectual Property (IP) rights in South Korea.
A unitary patent will protect your invention in up to 25 EU countries and will be subject to the jurisdiction of the Unified Patent Court.
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