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The UK Patent Library Network provide users with local access to patent, trade mark, designs and copyright information.
Protection in the EU for databases produced in the UK.
A change in practice to costs in patents, trade mark and designs.
Applications received to amend the specification of a patent under sections 27 and 75 before the court and the Office.
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.
A copyright notice is a concise note published by the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) providing basic copyright guidance.
This notice provides advice for anyone wishing to understand how long copyright protection lasts in new and existing works.
You may be required to complete a witness statement to support your request to correct an error in a trade mark application.
This notice is aimed at small businesses and individuals who may wish to use digital or photographic images on the web.
This guidance relates to Technical Standards and Standard Development Organisations to describe the typical first step in a Standard Essential Patent (SEP) journey.
If your patent has ceased because you did not pay your renewal fee in time, you can apply to restore it.
Highlighting Trading Standards annual IP crime survey results and successful IP cases in the UK.
MOD copyright information, how to obtain licensing permission, use of MOD names, logos and insignia on items offered for sale (merchandise).
This guidance relates to Standard Essential Patents licensing.
Some countries may allow you to extend your UK IP protection and accept it as protected in that country after completing local formalities.
Revocation is the legal procedure that allows anyone to try and remove a trade mark from the UK register.
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.
To protect your invention outside of the UK, you usually need to apply in each country you want protection in.
Summary of the government's ongoing programme of work to develop a code of practice on copyright and AI.
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