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To protect your invention outside of the UK, you usually need to apply in each country you want protection in.
This guidance relates to Standard Essential Patents licensing.
Details on how to make a request for accelerated examination under the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH).
Highlighting Trading Standards annual IP crime survey results and successful IP cases 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.
This guidance explains why and how a party in an intellectual property case must notify the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) about the case.
Information about opinions requests we have received this year.
This guide explains the Intellectual Property practice under the Registered Designs Act 1949 and the Registered Design Rules 2006.
Thinking of doing business in Southeast Asia, China, Latin America, North America, Middle East, North Africa and India? Help and advice is available through our IP liaison officers (attachés).
Guidance for businesses holding registered Community designs and international trade marks and designs.
An unofficial consolidated version of the Design right (unregistered) sections of part 3 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
You can make an application to amend your patent after it has been granted either with us or at the Court.
Give HMRC notice to stop parallel imports arriving in the UK that have been marketed or overproduced without consent of the rights holder.
The following certificates were issued on 27 March 2020 and 8 July 2020 by the Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks.
Your chances of obtaining a useful patent are significantly greater if you use an attorney. A patent specification is a legal document and requires specialist skills to draft properly.
Maximise innovation with the Lambert toolkit collaboration and consortium agreement guidance.
Music industry voluntary code that is a commitment to standards of good practice in relation to music streaming.
Guidelines and scenarios explaining how the IPO examines AI inventions.
Publication date 1 October 2025.
Restricting specifications of applications and registrations subject to Tribunal proceedings
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