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Guidance for businesses holding registered Community designs and international trade marks and designs.
As a trade mark applicant you need to consider whether to proceed with your application following issues raised in the examination report.
A list of offences and penalties that relate to counterfeiting and piracy.
International trade mark registrations protected in the EU under the Madrid Protocol will no longer enjoy protection in the UK after 1 January 2021.
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.
A change to practice in proceedings before the Registrar’s Tribunal.
The following certificates were issued on 27 March 2020 and 8 July 2020 by the Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks.
Restricting specifications of applications and registrations subject to Tribunal proceedings
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.
The IPO has developed tools, guidance and teaching resources for primary, secondary, further and higher education, researchers and university management.
This guidance explains why and how a party in an intellectual property case must notify the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) about the case.
This guide is for businesses and sets out ways to successfully manage their intangible assets, or IP.
Highlighting Trading Standards annual IP crime survey results and successful IP cases in the UK.
Latest information on Retained European Union Law (REUL) and intellectual property.
To help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in Indonesia.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in China.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in Pakistan.
Develop your knowledge and skills in IP at the one day training course.
Practice Amendment Notice (PAN) in respect of retailing or bringing together of services
Information to help you protect, manage, and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in Saudi Arabia.
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