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The Trade Marks Rules 2008 set out the detailed procedures under the Trade Marks Act 1994, and came into force on 1 October 2008.
Mediation is a type of alternative dispute resolution and may help you resolve an intellectual property dispute.
Details on how to file evidence regarding your trade mark or during tribunal proceedings.
This explains the rules governing address for service for intellectual property rights in the UK.
Develop your knowledge and skills in IP at the one day training course.
Some countries may allow you to extend your UK IP protection and accept it as protected in that country after completing local formalities.
Develop your knowledge and skills in IP such as trade marks, copyright, designs and patents with our IP masterclass training course.
Guidance for businesses holding registered Community designs and international trade marks and designs.
Guidance for businesses and organisations holding EU trade marks at the end of the transition period.
Invalidation is the legal procedure which allows anyone to try and remove a trade mark from our register as if it had never been registered.
A change in practice to costs in patents, trade mark and designs.
Trade mark hearings and how to appeal against an outcome.
You should get legal advice before applying for intellectual property. Your chances of obtaining intellectual property are much greater if you use an attorney.
Rectification is the legal procedure which allows anyone to apply to correct an error or omission to the recorded details of a registered trade mark.
What collective and certification trade marks are and when they apply.
Details of all scheduled trade mark (unless otherwise specified) procedural hearings, main hearings and appeals to the appointed person.
Events which have an intellectual property or business focus.
Like other forms of property, you can buy, sell and license IP, it is important you understand the value your trade mark, patent or design.
Latest information on Retained European Union Law (REUL) and intellectual property.
Revocation is the legal procedure that allows anyone to try and remove a trade mark from the UK register.
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