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Publication date 25 March 2026.
Using the international patent, UK patent and cooperative patent classification schemes
Highlighting Trading Standards annual IP crime survey results and successful IP cases in the UK.
These guidelines set out how we examine patent applications for chemical inventions
These guidelines set out how we examine patent applications for biotechnological inventions under the Patents Act 1977.
This notice is aimed at museums, galleries, libraries, archives and other institutions which may wish to exhibit works which are protected by copyright.
This provides information on the examination of applications which consists of multiple components.
EEA collective management organisations may no longer automatically represent UK right holders and collective management organisations.
How to take part in user research at the UK IPO – signing up, who we want to meet with, why we research and your data rights.
Guidance for businesses and organisations on the relationship between trade marks and geographical indications (GIs) at the end of the transition period.
Guidance on options for making orphan works available online for cultural heritage institutions.
Guidance on patents hearings and how to appeal against an outcome.
This guidance explains why and how a party in an intellectual property case must notify the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) about the case.
To help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in Indonesia.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in Cambodia.
This page provides practical information to help you make the most of your IP when doing Business in Chile.
The below provides guidance and helpful information on the IPO's attaché based in North America
Information about opinions requests we have received this year.
Practice Amendment Notice (PAN) in respect of retailing or bringing together of services
Publication date 18 March 2026.
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