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This notice is aimed at small businesses and individuals who may wish to use digital or photographic images on the web.
This notice provides advice for anyone wishing to understand how long copyright protection lasts in new and existing works.
Details of all scheduled trade mark (unless otherwise specified) procedural hearings, main hearings and appeals to the appointed person.
Privacy notices regarding personal data processed by the IPO for the administration of IP rights, or data processed under a contract or consent
Develop your knowledge and skills in IP at the one day training course.
This notice is aimed at small business and individuals who may wish to assign their own copyright or have been asked to assign copyright.
Guidance on the changes to copyright law and how they might have an impact on you.
What collective and certification trade marks are and when they apply.
Protection in the EU for databases produced in the UK.
International trade mark registrations protected in the EU under the Madrid Protocol will no longer enjoy protection in the UK after 1 January 2021.
Events which have an intellectual property or business focus.
You may be required to complete a witness statement to support your request to correct an error in a trade mark application.
This guidance relates to Standard Essential Patents licensing.
Protection of your copyright work abroad will usually be automatic in the same way UK protection works.
A list of offences and penalties that relate to counterfeiting and piracy.
Music industry voluntary code that is a commitment to standards of good practice in relation to music streaming.
Guidance for business: setting out how the new patents, trade marks and designs fees will apply
Publication date 27 May 2026.
Details of all patent hearings that are scheduled.
You can help define the scope of protection given to your registered design by including a disclaimer or limitation alongside your illustration.
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