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Publication date 11 June 2025.
As a trade mark applicant you need to consider whether to proceed with your application following issues raised in the examination report.
Guidance for businesses who have unregistered Community designs.
Intellectual property insurance may not be appropriate for every business however you may find that IP insurance has numerous benefits.
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.
You may be required to complete a witness statement to support your request to correct an error in a trade mark application.
Invalidation or cancellation, is the legal process which allows anyone to try and remove a design from our register
These guidelines set out how the IPO examines patent applications for medical inventions.
The hearing procedure and listed cases before the tribunal.
Anyone has the right to object and challenge someone else’s design.
Copyright advice on printed music issues aimed at singers, instrumentalists, orchestras, choirs, bands and other users of printed music.
Directions to direct the form and manner in which patent, trade mark and designs forms and documents can be submitted by e-mail.
A practical guide to managing intellectual property and confidentiality for UK public sector teams.
Basic introduction for private applicants on filing international patent applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT).
Information on designs hearings including costs and how to appeal against an outcome.
The patents hearings manual provides guidance to the law and procedure concerning patent and design right hearings.
Practice Amendment Notice (PAN) in respect of retailing or bringing together of services
Details of what is considered as military technology or prejudicial to national security or public safety when applying for a patent.
The UK music industry has agreed to improve music streaming metadata
Changes for businesses and holders of international EU protected designs.
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