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An unofficial consolidated version of the Design right (unregistered) sections of part 3 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
Information on designs hearings including costs and how to appeal against an outcome.
To help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in Indonesia.
The below provides guidance and helpful information on the IPO's attaché based in the Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan
Customers must no longer access programmes via EU satellite broadcasting services to avoid a charge for a UK service.
Information about opinions requests we have received this year.
Details of what is considered as military technology or prejudicial to national security or public safety when applying for a patent.
A change to practice in proceedings before the Registrar’s Tribunal.
Understand how to identify counterfeit products sold on resale platforms and steps to report listings.
Performers in literary, dramatic or musical works have certain rights in how those works can then be used.
Copyright advice on printed music issues aimed at singers, instrumentalists, orchestras, choirs, bands and other users of printed music.
Changes for businesses and holders of international EU protected designs.
Guidance for Satellite broadcasters transmitting copyright works into the UK and from the UK to EEA states.
Guidance for businesses and organisations on the relationship between trade marks and geographical indications (GIs) at the end of the transition period.
Summary of the government's ongoing programme of work to develop a code of practice on copyright and AI.
Guidance for commercial and non-commercial users on the orphan works licensing scheme.
Publication date 26 August 2026.
The UK music industry has agreed to improve music streaming metadata
This strategy sets out the government’s approach to tackling intellectual property crime and infringement for the next five years
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