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MOD copyright information, how to obtain licensing permission, use of MOD names, logos and insignia on items offered for sale (merchandise).
Some countries may allow you to extend your UK IP protection and accept it as protected in that country after completing local formalities.
Details on how to make a request for accelerated examination under the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH).
A resource collection to help research institutions and businesses to identify, protect, manage and use their intellectual property and wider knowledge assets.
Information on changes to IPO practice on Search and Examination of UK patent applications.
This document outlines the different accelerated procedures offered to accelerate patent application processing.
Actions that intellectual property rights holders and parallel exporters and to and from the European Economic Area (EEA) need to take.
Develop your knowledge and skills in IP at the one day training course.
Guidance for businesses and organisations holding EU trade marks at the end of the transition period.
Options when applying for a patent abroad from the UK.
This page provides partners and stakeholders with ready to use content to support the intellectual property office (IPO) business campaign.
Applications received to amend the specification of a patent under sections 27 and 75 before the court and the Office.
Give HMRC notice to stop parallel imports arriving in the UK that have been marketed or overproduced without consent of the rights holder.
The below provides guidance and helpful information on the IPO's attaché based in China
This guide explains the Intellectual Property practice under the Registered Designs Act 1949 and the Registered Design Rules 2006.
Details of all scheduled trade mark (unless otherwise specified) procedural hearings, main hearings and appeals to the appointed person.
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.
What collective and certification trade marks are and when they apply.
How to understand a search report. You get a search report when you pay for a search as part of the UK patent application process.
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