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The Intellectual Property Office offers different methods of accelerating the processing of your patent application.
You may be required to complete a witness statement to support your request to correct an error in a trade mark application.
Information about opinions requests we have received this year.
Music industry voluntary code that is a commitment to standards of good practice in relation to music streaming.
This document outlines the different accelerated procedures offered to accelerate patent application processing.
Revocation is the legal procedure that allows anyone to try and remove a trade mark from the UK register.
To protect your invention outside of the UK, you usually need to apply in each country you want protection in.
If your patent has ceased because you did not pay your renewal fee in time, you can apply to restore it.
Apply for permission to use Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) logos if you're a driving or motorcycle instructor or provide other driver training.
This notice provides advice for anyone wishing to understand how long copyright protection lasts in new and existing works.
If you made a UK application for action after 1 December 2020, you can extend it to protect your intellectual property rights at least 30 working days before it expires.
Events which have an intellectual property or business focus.
Develop your knowledge and skills in IP at the one day training course.
Trade mark hearings and how to appeal against an outcome.
Some countries may allow you to extend your UK IP protection and accept it as protected in that country after completing local formalities.
Monitor the progress of a patent application through search reports, open to the public inspection files, and caveats.
Protection in the EU for databases produced in the UK.
Guidance for businesses holding registered Community designs and international trade marks and designs.
General guidance for all organisations (including charities, voluntary and not-for profit) on showing broadcasts to the public e.g. customers and employees.
The fast track opposition process is intended to benefit business by improving access to opposition proceedings.
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