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Intellectual property can be bought, sold or licensed.
Benefit from your trade mark by licensing, mortgaging, selling, transferring ownership, merging and exploit by marketing.
The Trade Marks Act 1994 make up part of the trade mark legislation in the UK.
List of design forms and fees.
Examples of unacceptable trade marks around protected emblems, internet domain names and your company name.
There are 7 model research collaboration agreements for universities and companies that wish to undertake collaborative research projects together.
The Trade Marks Rules 2008 set out the detailed procedures under the Trade Marks Act 1994, and came into force on 1 October 2008.
How to get permission to copy a creative work for which the right holder(s) cannot be found ie an orphan work.
Guidance for business: setting out how the new patents, trade marks and designs fees will apply
We have a number of options for you to submit your documents.
Applications received to amend the specification of a patent under sections 27 and 75 before the court and the Office.
Finding the right advice and advisor is the first step in making the best decisions for your invention or business.
The Intellectual Property Office offers different methods of accelerating the processing of your patent application.
The Patents Act 1977 is the main law governing the patents system in the UK.
This explains the rules governing address for service for intellectual property rights in the UK.
Authors of original works of art are entitled to a royalty each time one of their works is resold through an art market professional.
If you own the copyright in a work, you have exclusive rights over certain uses of that work. These rights fall into two categories: economic rights and moral rights.
The principal legislation on copyright can be found in the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
Information on paying by card, bank transfer, deposit account or cheque.
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