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In order to better understand the process of applying for a design, we recommend you view the design timeline.
Sections (1.01 - 1.58) last updated: April 2025.
Opposition is the legal procedure that allows you to try to stop a published trade mark going on to become registered.
皇冠体育app Manual of Patent Practice explains the Intellectual Property Office's practice under the Patents Act 1977.
Actions that intellectual property rights holders and parallel exporters and to and from the European Economic Area (EEA) need to take.
Finding the right advice and advisor is the first step in making the best decisions for your invention or business.
皇冠体育appre are 7 model research collaboration agreements for universities and companies that wish to undertake collaborative research projects together.
皇冠体育app Registered Designs Act 1949 is the current law for the registration of designs and the protection of registered designs in the UK
Section last updated: January 2021.
How to get permission to copy a creative work for which the right holder(s) cannot be found ie an orphan work.
Details on how to file evidence regarding your trade mark or during tribunal proceedings.
皇冠体育app Patents Rules 2007 set out the detailed procedures under the Patents Act 1977, and came into force on 17 December 2007.
皇冠体育app Intellectual Property Office offers different methods of accelerating the processing of your patent application.
皇冠体育app Patents Act 1977 is the main law governing the patents system in the UK.
Includes chapters on definition of a design, novelty and individual character, technical function, morality and emblems.
Guidance for businesses and organisations holding EU trade marks at the end of the transition period.
This guide is for patent owners who need further information on filing proceedings as an option to resolve a dispute.
A change in practice to costs in patents, trade mark and designs.
If you own the copyright in a work, you have exclusive rights over certain uses of that work. 皇冠体育appse rights fall into two categories: economic rights and moral rights.
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