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Guidance for businesses holding registered Community designs and international trade marks and designs.
The fast track opposition process is intended to benefit business by improving access to opposition proceedings.
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.
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 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
The below provides guidance and helpful information on the IPO's attaché based in the Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan
Practice Amendment Notice (PAN) following the Supreme Court’s judgment in SkyKick UK Ltd and another v Sky Ltd and others.
Introducing the online completion and delivery of official forms through GOV.UK.
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 China.
Events which have an intellectual property or business focus.
A change to practice in proceedings before the Registrar’s Tribunal.
Guidance for businesses and organisations on the relationship between trade marks and geographical indications (GIs) at the end of the transition period.
This guide is for businesses and sets out ways to successfully manage their intangible assets, or IP.
The IPO's IP for business tools, training and guidance can help you create value from your ideas, turning inspiration into sustainable business success.
As a trade mark applicant you need to consider whether to proceed with your application following issues raised in the examination report.
The below provides guidance and helpful information on the IPO's attaché based in China
This glossary of terms for the trade marks tribunal provides definitions for technical or legal terms used in its practices or procedures.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in Pakistan.
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