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Sections (80.01-80.07) last updated April 2009.
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This guidance describes the dispute resolution services and remedies available for standard essential patents (SEPs) disputes.
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Information to help you protect, manage, and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in the UAE.
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Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in Brazil.
This section of the SEPs Resource Hub signposts to international SEPs-specific information, including for the purposes of patent applications.
Section (16.01 - 16.37) last updated: March 2017.
How the Northern Ireland Protocol affects supplementary protection certificates (SPCs), and what it means you need to do when applying for an SPC and afterwards.
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