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Publication date 30 July 2025
As a trade mark applicant you need to consider whether to proceed with your application following issues raised in the examination report.
This guidance explains why and how a party in an intellectual property case must notify the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) about the case.
Copyright advice on printed music issues aimed at singers, instrumentalists, orchestras, choirs, bands and other users of printed music.
The patents hearings manual provides guidance to the law and procedure concerning patent and design right hearings.
Using the international patent, UK patent and cooperative patent classification schemes
If you made a UK application for action after 1 December 2020, you can extend it to protect your intellectual property rights at least 30 working days before it expires.
The hearing procedure and listed cases before the tribunal.
The IPO's IP for business tools, training and guidance can help you create value from your ideas, turning inspiration into sustainable business success.
Information on changes to IPO practice involving divisional applications.
We provide advice to Ministers, who decide whether the UK should submit observations and intervene in Court of Justice (CJ) cases concerning IP.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in Pakistan.
Information to help you protect, manage, and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in the UAE.
Anyone has the right to object and challenge someone else’s design.
Guidance on UK and EU copyright protection for right holders and users including business, cultural heritage institutions and consumers. It is not legal advice.
The Marrakesh Treaty is an international legal instrument which makes it easier for blind, visually impaired and print disabled people to access works protected by copyright.
This notice is aimed at individuals and small businesses who may wish to use or create knitting, sewing and related patterns.
Designs correction of error notices are used to notify any third party of a proposed correction of a clerical error made by the registry prior to a correction taking place.
A list of offences and penalties that relate to counterfeiting and piracy.
This strategy sets out the government’s approach to tackling intellectual property crime and infringement for the next five years
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