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Sections (10.01 to 10.84) last updated: July 2020.
Section last updated: July 2023.
Mediation is a type of alternative dispute resolution and may help you resolve an intellectual property dispute.
Sections (2.01 - 2.41) last updated April 2025.
This document outlines the different accelerated procedures offered to accelerate patent application processing.
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
This guide is for patent owners who need further information on filing proceedings as an option to resolve a dispute.
Guidance for copyright owners on how to grant a licence for, sell or market their work.
There are 4 model research collaboration agreements for universities and companies that wish to undertake collaboration research projects together.
Details on how to file evidence regarding your trade mark or during tribunal proceedings.
Trade mark hearings and how to appeal against an outcome.
Sections (17.01 - 17.123) last updated: April 2025.
Develop your knowledge and skills in IP such as trade marks, copyright, designs and patents with our IP masterclass training course.
A change in practice to costs in patents, trade mark and designs.
Protection in the EU for databases produced in the UK.
General guidance for all organisations (including charities, voluntary and not-for profit) on showing broadcasts to the public e.g. customers and employees.
Includes chapters on definition of a design, novelty and individual character, technical function, morality and emblems.
Actions that intellectual property rights holders and parallel exporters and to and from the European Economic Area (EEA) need to take.
The Formalities Manual explains the Intellectual Property Office's formalities examination practice under the Patents Act 1977.
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