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International trade mark registrations protected in the EU under the Madrid Protocol will no longer enjoy protection in the UK after 1 January 2021.
Your chances of obtaining a useful patent are significantly greater if you use an attorney. A patent specification is a legal document and requires specialist skills to draft properly.
Directions to direct the form and manner in which patent, trade mark and designs forms and documents can be submitted by e-mail.
The IPO has developed tools, guidance and teaching resources for primary, secondary, further and higher education, researchers and university management.
Rectification is the legal procedure which allows anyone to apply to correct an error or omission to the recorded details of a registered trade mark.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in China.
The IPO's IP for business tools, training and guidance can help you create value from your ideas, turning inspiration into sustainable business success.
Practice Amendment Notice (PAN) following the Supreme Court’s judgment in SkyKick UK Ltd and another v Sky Ltd and others.
As a trade mark applicant you need to consider whether to proceed with your application following issues raised in the examination report.
Guidance for businesses and organisations on the relationship between trade marks and geographical indications (GIs) at the end of the transition period.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in Australia.
A coexistence agreement is a legal agreement whereby two parties agree to trade in the same or similar market using an identical or similar trade mark.
A change to practice in proceedings before the Registrar’s Tribunal.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in Brazil.
Highlighting Trading Standards annual IP crime survey results and successful IP cases in the UK.
A change in practice in the registrar’s service of documents in trade mark and registered design inter partes proceedings.
Intellectual property insurance may not be appropriate for every business however you may find that IP insurance has numerous benefits.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in Pakistan.
Information to help you protect, manage, and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in the UAE.
The following certificates were issued on 27 March 2020 and 8 July 2020 by the Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks.
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