Guidance and regulation

The Parole Board Rules 2019 were introduced on 22 July 2019 and apply to all parole cases referred to the Parole Board on or after that date.

• From: Parole Board
• Updated: 20 June 2019

A list of offences and penalties that relate to counterfeiting and piracy.

• From: Intellectual Property Office
• Updated: 1 October 2017

The guidelines are temporarily suspended as of 23 November 2023.

• From: Intellectual Property Office
• Updated: 22 September 2022

These guidelines set out how the IPO examines patent applications for medical inventions.

• From: Intellectual Property Office
• Updated: 27 October 2023

A competition to award funding aimed at accelerating innovation within the legal services sector and the growth of lawtech in the UK.

• From: Ministry of Justice
• Updated: 19 October 2022

The patents hearings manual provides guidance to the law and procedure concerning patent and design right hearings.

• From: Intellectual Property Office
• Updated: 12 October 2022

An unofficial consolidated version of the patents related sections of parts 5 and 6 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

• From: Intellectual Property Office
• Updated: 7 January 2021

Guidance for UK lawyers practising in the EU, EEA-EFTA and Switzerland.

• From: Ministry of Justice
• Updated: 31 December 2020

List of English-speaking lawyers and notaries for British nationals in Philippines.

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Updated: 5 February 2024

Guidance on the procedures the Intellectual Property Office follows when examining the formalities of patent applications.

• From: Intellectual Property Office
• Updated: 31 March 2017

We provide advice to Ministers, who decide whether the UK should submit observations and intervene in Court of Justice (CJ) cases concerning IP.

• From: Intellectual Property Office
• Updated: 31 January 2022

Trade mark opposition and invalidation proceedings.

• From: Intellectual Property Office
• Updated: 4 December 2018

These guidelines set out how we examine patent applications for chemical inventions

• From: Intellectual Property Office
• Updated: 5 June 2017

Practice Direction update to the Civil Procedure Rules including changes related to open justice, Electronic Costs Bill, budget discussion report and court closures.

• From: Civil Procedure Rule Committee and 1 others
• Updated: 17 February 2019

Guidance on the patent opinions service, including guidance for users of the service and our procedures for handling opinions

• From: Intellectual Property Office
• Updated: 26 February 2015

Updates relating to the Early Legal Advice Pilot

• From: Ministry of Justice
• Updated: 19 January 2023

Practice Direction update to the Civil Procedure Rules relating to new Practice Direction 51ZA extension of time limits and clarification of PD 51Y.

• From: Civil Procedure Rule Committee and 1 others
• Updated: 1 April 2020

List of English-speaking lawyers and notary publics for British nationals in Switzerland and Liechtenstein.

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and 1 others
• Updated: 13 July 2022

Practice Direction update to the Civil Procedure Rules relating to various Practice Directions, Pre-action Protocols and the Civil Procedure (Amendment No.3) 2019.

• From: Civil Procedure Rule Committee and 1 others
• Updated: 30 June 2019

Practice Direction update to the Civil Procedure Rules relating to the Civil Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2021.

• From: Civil Procedure Rule Committee and 1 others
• Updated: 28 January 2021