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Develop your knowledge and skills in IP such as trade marks, copyright, designs and patents with our IP masterclass training course.
Monitor the progress of a patent application through search reports, open to the public inspection files, and caveats.
Guidance for businesses holding registered Community designs and international trade marks and designs.
At the end of every month we publish a newsletter covering recent intellectual property (IP) developments in China.
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.
Applications received to amend the specification of a patent under sections 27 and 75 before the court and the Office.
This notice provides advice for anyone wishing to understand how long copyright protection lasts in new and existing works.
Apply for protection against infringements of intellectual property rights on UK imports and exports.
How to write an abstract for a patent application.
A change in practice to costs in patents, trade mark and designs.
This guide is for patent owners who need further information on filing proceedings as an option to resolve a dispute.
Music industry voluntary code that is a commitment to standards of good practice in relation to music streaming.
If your patent has ceased because you did not pay your renewal fee in time, you can apply to restore it.
You can make observations on the patentability of a published patent application.
Trade mark hearings and how to appeal against an outcome.
The UK music industry has agreed to improve music streaming metadata
The UK Patent Library Network provide users with local access to patent, trade mark, designs and copyright information.
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.
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