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Section last updated December 2015.
Includes classifying designs under the Locarno system.
Information on designs hearings including costs and how to appeal against an outcome.
Sections (3.01 - 3.38) last updated: October 2019.
Section (2.01 - 2.70) last updated: January 2021.
Section (15.01 - 15.16) last updated: March 2017.
Section (1.01 - 1.16) last updated: March 2017.
Licences of right and compulsory licences
Anyone has the right to object and challenge someone else’s design.
Your chances of obtaining a useful patent are significantly greater if you use an attorney. A patent specification is a legal document and requires specialist skills to draft properly.
Customers must no longer access programmes via EU satellite broadcasting services to avoid a charge for a UK service.
Practice Amendment Notice (PAN) following the Supreme Court’s judgment in SkyKick UK Ltd and another v Sky Ltd and others.
A change to practice in proceedings before the Registrar’s Tribunal.
Trade mark opposition and invalidation proceedings.
This guidance outlines the important changes to the Trade Mark Act and how they will affect rights holders.
This strategy sets out the government’s approach to tackling intellectual property crime and infringement for the next five years
Directions to direct the form and manner in which patent, trade mark and designs forms and documents can be submitted by e-mail.
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