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You may be required to complete a witness statement to support your request to correct an error in a trade mark application.
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.
Section last updated: January 2019.
Sections (5.01 - 5.32) last updated: April 2025.
The UK Patent Library Network provide users with local access to patent, trade mark, designs and copyright information.
Section last updated: November 2020.
Section last updated: May 2023.
A copyright notice is a concise note published by the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) providing basic copyright guidance.
Details of all scheduled trade mark (unless otherwise specified) procedural hearings, main hearings and appeals to the appointed person.
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.
Highlighting Trading Standards annual IP crime survey results and successful IP cases in the UK.
Section (14.01 -14.39) last updated: March 2017.
Sections (117.01 - 117.31) last updated: October 2023.
Sections (13.01 - 13.19) last updated: April 2024.
This guidance relates to Technical Standards and Standard Development Organisations to describe the typical first step in a Standard Essential Patent (SEP) journey.
This notice is aimed at small businesses and individuals who may wish to use digital or photographic images on the web.
Sections (19.01 - 19.26) last updated: October 2024.
If your patent has ceased because you did not pay your renewal fee in time, you can apply to restore it.
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