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Depending on the objection raised in your examination, you have 2 months to respond through a number of options.
Like other forms of property, you can buy, sell and license IP, it is important you understand the value your trade mark, patent or design.
Details on how to file evidence regarding your trade mark or during tribunal proceedings.
What collective and certification trade marks are and when they apply.
Develop your knowledge and skills in IP such as trade marks, copyright, designs and patents with our IP masterclass training course.
Guidance for businesses and organisations holding EU trade marks at the end of the transition period.
Mediation is a type of alternative dispute resolution and may help you resolve an intellectual property dispute.
Invalidation is the legal procedure which allows anyone to try and remove a trade mark from our register as if it had never been registered
A change in practice to costs in patents, trade mark and designs.
Events which have an intellectual property or business focus.
Details of all scheduled trade mark (unless otherwise specified) procedural hearings, main hearings and appeals to the appointed person.
Trade mark hearings and how to appeal against an outcome.
Some countries may allow you to extend your UK IP protection and accept it as protected in that country after completing local formalities.
The IPO's IP for business tools, training and guidance can help you create value from your ideas, turning inspiration into sustainable business success.
Guidance for businesses and organisations on the relationship between trade marks and geographical indications (GIs) at the end of the transition period.
Practice Amendment Notice (PAN) following the Supreme Court’s judgment in SkyKick UK Ltd and another v Sky Ltd and others.
The fast track opposition process is intended to benefit business by improving access to opposition proceedings.
Intellectual property insurance may not be appropriate for every business however you may find that IP insurance has numerous benefits.
Revocation is the legal procedure that allows anyone to try and remove a trade mark from the UK register.
You may be required to complete a witness statement to support your request to correct an error in a trade mark application.
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