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A post implementation review (PIR) for EU Directive 2011/77/EU which increased the term for sound recordings from 50 to 70 years.
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.
These guidelines set out how we examine patent applications for biotechnological inventions under the Patents Act 1977.
Publication date 28 May 2025.
This Code of Practice is written for patent applicants and agents to identify best practices in UK patent application process.
SEPs are of growing importance to the UK economy. The IPO is committed to ensuring the current SEPs framework functions effectively to encourage innovation and promote competition.
What to do where a TPM prevents you from benefiting from a copyright exception.
Highlighting Trading Standards annual IP crime survey results and successful IP cases in the UK.
This guidance describes the dispute resolution services and remedies available for standard essential patents (SEPs) disputes.
This introduction to the SEPs Resource Hub sets out the Hub's structure and an overview of its contents.
To help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in Indonesia.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in Australia.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in Oman.
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 Saudi Arabia.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in Singapore.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in the European Union and the European Economic Area (EEA).
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in Vietnam
How the Northern Ireland Protocol affects supplementary protection certificates (SPCs), and what it means you need to do when applying for an SPC and afterwards.
Customers must no longer access programmes via EU satellite broadcasting services to avoid a charge for a UK service.
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