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From 1 July 2022, WIPO Standard ST.26 specifies new requirements for biological sequence listings included in patent applications.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in China.
Information to help you protect, manage, and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in the UAE.
The below provides guidance and helpful information on the IPO's attaché based in North America
The below provides guidance and helpful information on the IPO's attaché based in the European Union (EU)
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 Brazil.
Information about opinions requests we have received this year.
Guidance on the patent opinions service, including guidance for users of the service and our procedures for handling opinions
Publication date 13 August 2025.
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Publication date 10 June 2026.
An unofficial consolidated version of the patents related sections of parts 5 and 6 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
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.
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