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Patents

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Patents Journal special notices 2017
Intellectual property offences
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Patents Litigation manual
Patents Formalities manual
Opinions manual
Hearings Manual
Examining patent applications for biotechnological inventions
Examining patent applications for medical inventions
Examining patent applications relating to chemical inventions
Retention and disposal policy for patent and trade mark related records
Patents: Code of Practice
Changes to Patents Rules on 1 October 2016 and 6 April 2017
1 October 2014: Changes to design and patent law
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Tribunal practice notices

Designs

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Registered Designs Act and Rules
Registered Designs Examination Practice
Designs Statutory Instruments
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Designs practice notices
Design convergence programme: common practice notices
Intellectual property offences
1 October 2014: Changes to design and patent law
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Designs decisions
References to the Court of Justice of the European Union
Design right sections: Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
Tribunal practice notices

Copyright

Copyright Acts and related laws
Copyright: orphan works
Orphan works guidance
Intellectual property offences
References to the Court of Justice of the European Union

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