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The below provides guidance and helpful information on the IPO's attaché based in the Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan
Report goods that you think infringe your intellectual property rights, even if they’re already being imported.
Customers must no longer access programmes via EU satellite broadcasting services to avoid a charge for a UK service.
Details of all patent hearings that are scheduled.
We provide advice to Ministers, who decide whether the UK should submit observations and intervene in Court of Justice (CJ) cases concerning IP.
What to do where a TPM prevents you from benefiting from a copyright exception.
Privacy notices regarding personal data processed by the IPO for the administration of IP rights, or data processed under a contract or consent
A coexistence agreement is a legal agreement whereby two parties agree to trade in the same or similar market using an identical or similar trade mark.
The following certificates were issued on 27 March 2020 and 8 July 2020 by the Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks.
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.
The below provides guidance and helpful information on the IPO's attaché based in the European Union (EU)
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in the European Union and the European Economic Area (EEA).
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your Intellectual Property (IP) rights in South Korea.
This page provides practical information to help you make the most of your IP when doing business in Peru.
This section of the SEPs Resource Hub signposts to international SEPs-specific information, including for the purposes of patent applications.
You can write to us and offer to surrender your patent after it has been granted.
Understand how Alibaba, Amazon, eBay, Facebook, Temu and Tiktok help rights holders protect their intellectual property.
Guidance on the impact of the new EU scheme for non-agricultural geographical indications (NAGIs) applying in Northern Ireland (NI).
Performers in literary, dramatic or musical works have certain rights in how those works can then be used.
Practice Amendment Notice (PAN) in respect of retailing or bringing together of services
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