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Your chances of obtaining a useful patent are significantly greater if you use an attorney. A patent specification is a legal document and requires specialist skills to draft properly.
Events which have an intellectual property or business focus.
The IPO has developed tools, guidance and teaching resources for primary, secondary, further and higher education, researchers and university management.
This guide explains the Intellectual Property practice under the Registered Designs Act 1949 and the Registered Design Rules 2006.
Invalidation or cancellation, is the legal process which allows anyone to try and remove a design from our register
A change to practice in proceedings before the Registrar’s Tribunal.
A change in practice in the registrar’s service of documents in trade mark and registered design inter partes proceedings.
Information to help you protect, manage, and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in the UAE.
Anyone has the right to object and challenge someone else’s design.
This page provides practical information to help you make the most of your IP when doing business in ASEAN.
This guidance explains why and how a party in an intellectual property case must notify the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) about the case.
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 to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in China.
An unofficial consolidated version of the Design right (unregistered) sections of part 3 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
A list of offences and penalties that relate to counterfeiting and piracy.
We provide advice to Ministers, who decide whether the UK should submit observations and intervene in Court of Justice (CJ) cases concerning IP.
Guidance for businesses who have unregistered Community designs.
Information to help you protect, manage, and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in Saudi Arabia.
The following certificates were issued on 27 March 2020 and 8 July 2020 by the Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks.
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