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Find out about the first publication of your patent application and what it means for your future rights.
The Registered Designs Act 1949 is the current law for the registration of designs and the protection of registered designs in the UK
Apply for protection against infringements of intellectual property rights on UK imports and exports.
Mediation is a type of alternative dispute resolution and may help you resolve an intellectual property dispute.
You can make observations on the patentability of a published patent application.
If you are in a dispute with someone over the infringement or validity of a patent or SPC, you may request a non-binding opinion.
To protect your invention outside of the UK, you usually need to apply in each country you want protection in.
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.
Trade mark hearings and how to appeal against an outcome.
Monitor the progress of a patent application through search reports, open to the public inspection files, and caveats.
Here's some information and guidance on what to do if you receive a scam e-mail
This section of the SEPs Resource Hub signposts to relevant UK cases concerning SEPs.
The UK Patent Library Network provide users with local access to patent, trade mark, designs and copyright information.
This notice provides advice for anyone wishing to understand how long copyright protection lasts in new and existing works.
Events which have an intellectual property or business focus.
Develop your knowledge and skills in IP such as trade marks, copyright, designs and patents with our IP masterclass training course.
This guide is for patent owners who need further information on filing proceedings as an option to resolve a dispute.
A change in practice to costs in patents, trade mark and designs.
Protection in the EU for databases produced in the UK.
If your patent has ceased because you did not pay your renewal fee in time, you can apply to restore it.
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