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How to enforce copyright when somebody uses your work without your permission.
Details on how to file evidence regarding your trade mark or during tribunal proceedings.
How to produce drawings for your patent application.
Depending on the objection raised in your examination, you have 2 months to respond through a number of options.
Guidance for copyright owners on how to grant a licence for, sell or market their work.
How to write a description for a patent application.
To protect your invention outside of the UK, you usually need to apply in each country you want protection in.
Monitor the progress of a patent application through search reports, open to the public inspection files, and caveats.
Use these fact sheets to assist you with your patent application.
A copyright notice is a concise note published by the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) providing basic copyright guidance.
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.
You can make observations on the patentability of a published patent application.
In order to better understand the process of applying for a design, we recommend you view the design timeline.
The date of grant and date of publication will be available online for all UK national registered designs.
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.
Learn how to make the most of your intellectual property, including licensing, selling and expanding overseas.
How to write an abstract for a patent application.
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.
This document outlines the different accelerated procedures offered to accelerate patent application processing.
Trade mark hearings and how to appeal against an outcome.
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