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Trade marks

  1. Trade mark forms and fees
  2. Trade Marks Act 1994
  3. Trade Marks Rules
  4. Manual of trade marks practice
  5. Intellectual property offences
  6. Search for a trade mark
  7. Check the trade marks journal
  8. Search trade mark decisions
  9. Tribunal practice notices
  10. Practice Amendment Notices (PAN)
  11. Trade mark convergence programme: common practice notices
  12. References to the Court of Justice of the European Union

Patents

  1. New patents fees coming into force on 6 April 2018
  2. The Patents Act 1977
  3. Patent forms and fees
  4. The Patents Rules 2007 and Patents (Fees) Rules 2007
  5. Patents sections: Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
  6. Patent directions
  7. Patents practice notices
  8. Patents Journal special notices 2018
  9. Intellectual property offences
  10. Patents: Manual of Patent Practice
  11. Patents RAPS Manual
  12. Patents Formalities manual
  13. Opinions manual
  14. Hearings Manual
  15. Tribunal Patents Manual
  16. Examining patent applications for biotechnological inventions
  17. Examining patent applications for medical inventions
  18. Examining patent applications relating to chemical inventions
  19. Retention and disposal policy for patent and trade mark related records
  20. Patents: Code of Practice
  21. 1 October 2014: Changes to design and patent law
  22. Search for a patent
  23. File documents for a pending UK patent
  24. Check the patents journal
  25. Search patent decisions
  26. References to the Court of Justice of the European Union
  27. Tribunal practice notices

Designs

  1. Design forms and fees
  2. Registered Designs Act and Rules
  3. Registered Designs Examination Practice
  4. Designs Statutory Instruments
  5. Designs directions
  6. Designs practice notices
  7. Design convergence programme: common practice notices
  8. Intellectual property offences
  9. 1 October 2014: Changes to design and patent law
  10. Find a registered design
  11. Application to register one or more designs
  12. Check the designs journal
  13. Designs decisions
  14. References to the Court of Justice of the European Union
  15. Design right sections: Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
  16. Tribunal practice notices

Copyright

  1. Copyright Acts and related laws
  2. Copyright: orphan works
  3. Orphan works guidance
  4. Intellectual property offences
  5. References to the Court of Justice of the European Union

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