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This guide is for businesses and sets out ways to successfully manage their intangible assets, or IP.
Some countries may allow you to extend your UK IP protection and accept it as protected in that country after completing local formalities.
Events which have an intellectual property or business focus.
Guidance for businesses holding registered Community designs and international trade marks and designs.
Develop your knowledge and skills in IP at the one day training course.
The IPO has developed tools, guidance and teaching resources for primary, secondary, further and higher education, researchers and university management.
You can help define the scope of protection given to your registered design by including a disclaimer or limitation alongside your illustration.
Introducing the online completion and delivery of official forms through GOV.UK.
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 Pakistan.
Information on designs hearings including costs and how to appeal against an outcome.
Guidance for businesses who have unregistered Community designs.
To protect your design outside of the UK, you usually need to apply in each country you want protection in.
The below provides guidance and helpful information on the IPO's attaché based in China
This guide explains the Intellectual Property practice under the Registered Designs Act 1949 and the Registered Design Rules 2006.
A list of offences and penalties that relate to counterfeiting and piracy.
A change in practice in the registrar’s service of documents in trade mark and registered design inter partes proceedings.
This page provides partners and stakeholders with ready to use content to support the intellectual property office (IPO) business campaign.
Benefit from your design by licensing, mortgaging, selling, changing ownership and exploit by marketing.
A change to practice in proceedings before the Registrar’s Tribunal.
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