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This Code of Practice is written for patent applicants and agents to identify best practices in UK patent application process.
We provide advice to Ministers, who decide whether the UK should submit observations and intervene in Court of Justice (CJ) cases concerning IP.
Highlighting Trading Standards annual IP crime survey results and successful IP cases in the UK.
A change in practice in the registrar’s service of documents in trade mark and registered design inter partes proceedings.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in Canada.
This page provides practical information to help you make the most of your IP when doing business in India.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in Malaysia.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in Oman.
This page provides practical information to help you make the most of your IP when doing business in Peru.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in Qatar.
How the Northern Ireland Protocol affects supplementary protection certificates (SPCs), and what it means you need to do when applying for an SPC and afterwards.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in Kuwait.
From 1 July 2022, WIPO Standard ST.26 specifies new requirements for biological sequence listings included in patent applications.
These guidelines set out how we examine patent applications for biotechnological inventions under the Patents Act 1977.
To help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in Philippines.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in New Zealand.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your Intellectual Property (IP) rights in South Korea.
Information about opinions requests we have received this year.
How to take part in user research at the UK IPO – signing up, who we want to meet with, why we research and your data rights.
The following certificates were issued on 27 March 2020 and 8 July 2020 by the Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks.
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