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The music industry has agreed commitments to improve music streaming metadata. The Government is also establishing a working group on creator remuneration
The new service will see the process of applying for a patent dramatically transformed over the next 12 months.
The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has today published its corporate priorities for 2023-24.
Inventive youngsters at Cosby Primary School have learnt all about bees and biodiversity after winning a prestigious national competition.
As of 12 April, the process for paying for an Intellectual Property Office (IPO) paper form by debit or credit card is changing.
The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has agreed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) today.
The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) and Aardman have launched a new Wallace & Gromit ‘Cracking Ideas’ competition.
The IPO is launching a questionnaire for SME, small-cap and mid-cap businesses on Standard Essential Patents.
Viscount Camrose announced as the new IP Minister.
We are deeply saddened and shocked by the earthquake which struck on 6 February 2023.
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The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) fee structure changes on 1 January 2023.
There is planned maintenance on 21 December 2022, which will cause disruption to telephone calls to the Intellectual Property Office.
The IPO has announced that Adam Williams has been appointed Chief Executive and Comptroller-General of the Intellectual Property Office.
The UK Government has launched a consultation on proposals for the legal changes needed to deliver the Intellectual Property Office’s ‘One IPO’ transformation programme.
The UK has joined the WIPO Lex-Judgments database, opening access to UK courts’ most notable IP judgments to a global audience.
Information for customers who have not yet updated records with our new bank account details.
The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) fee structure changed on 1 September 2022.
The UK's Permanent Representative to the WTO in Geneva, Simon Manley, spoke on a variety of agenda items at the WTO General Council 25-26 July 2022.
The government has published a summary of the responses received to its call for views on Standard Essential Patents.
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