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You may be required to complete a witness statement to support your request to correct an error in a trade mark application.
Sections (27.01 - 27.33) last updated: April 2023.
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Sections (25.01 - 25.15) last updated: April 2021.
All patent applications filed at the IPO are checked to identify any which could be prejudicial to national security or public safety.
The fast track opposition process is intended to benefit business by improving access to opposition proceedings.
A list of offences and penalties that relate to counterfeiting and piracy.
Sections (72.01 - 72.45) last updated: October 2023.
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Sections (74A -74A)(6) last updated: July 2021.
Sections (125.01 - 125.27) last updated: April 2023.
Sections (28.01 - 28.18) last updated April 2021.
Section (88.01) last updated: April 2007.
This guidance relates to Standard Essential Patents licensing.
An overview of the work the IPO is undertaking in relation to Standard Essential Patents.
Summary of the government's ongoing programme of work to develop a code of practice on copyright and AI.
This section of the SEPs Resource Hub signposts to relevant UK cases concerning SEPs.
These directions prescribe the form and manner in which email messages should be delivered to the IPO to withdraw patent applications.
Understand how intellectual property crime and infringement occurs and impacts on businesses.
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