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  • You may receive a misleading invoice that requests payment for a service related to a trade mark, design, or patent. Here's some information and guidance on what to do.

  • The principal legislation on copyright can be found in the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

  • Benefit from your trade mark by licensing, mortgaging, selling, transferring ownership, merging and exploit by marketing.

  • Intellectual property can be bought, sold or licensed.

  • Authors of original works of art are entitled to a royalty each time one of their works is resold through an art market professional.

  • The Patents Act 1977 is the main law governing the patents system in the UK.

  • Examples of unacceptable trade marks around protected emblems, internet domain names and your company name.

  • The Trade Marks Rules 2008 set out the detailed procedures under the Trade Marks Act 1994, and came into force on 1 October 2008.

  • The date of grant and date of publication will be available online for all UK national registered designs.

  • The Patents Rules 2007 set out the detailed procedures under the Patents Act 1977, and came into force on 17 December 2007.

  • We have a number of options for you to submit your documents.

  • This explains the rules governing address for service for intellectual property rights in the UK.

  • How to enforce copyright when somebody uses your work without your permission.

  • There are 7 model research collaboration agreements for universities and companies that wish to undertake collaborative research projects together.

  • If you own the copyright in a work, you have exclusive rights over certain uses of that work. These rights fall into two categories: economic rights and moral rights.

  • Information on paying by card, cheque, bank transfer or deposit account.

  • Guidance for businesses and organisations holding EU trade marks at the end of the transition period.

  • In order to better understand the process of applying for a design, we recommend you view the design timeline.

  • Mediation is a type of alternative dispute resolution and may help you resolve an intellectual property dispute.

  • The Manual of Patent Practice explains the Intellectual Property Office's practice under the Patents Act 1977.