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Revocation is the legal procedure that allows anyone to try and remove a trade mark from the UK register.
Guidance for businesses holding registered Community designs and international trade marks and designs.
Summary of the government's ongoing programme of work to develop a code of practice on copyright and AI.
Guidance for businesses and organisations on the relationship between trade marks and geographical indications (GIs) at the end of the transition period.
You can help define the scope of protection given to your registered design by including a disclaimer or limitation alongside your illustration.
Monitor the progress of a patent application through search reports, open to the public inspection files, and caveats.
The fast track opposition process is intended to benefit business by improving access to opposition proceedings.
Protection of your copyright work abroad will usually be automatic in the same way UK protection works.
A change to practice in proceedings before the Registrar’s Tribunal.
This section of the SEPs Resource Hub signposts to relevant UK cases concerning SEPs.
As a trade mark applicant you need to consider whether to proceed with your application following issues raised in the examination report.
Music industry voluntary code that is a commitment to standards of good practice in relation to music streaming.
This guide explains the Intellectual Property practice under the Registered Designs Act 1949 and the Registered Design Rules 2006.
Restricting specifications of applications and registrations subject to Tribunal proceedings
If you made a UK application for action after 1 December 2020, you can extend it to protect your intellectual property rights at least 30 working days before it expires.
International trade mark registrations protected in the EU under the Madrid Protocol will no longer enjoy protection in the UK after 1 January 2021.
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Thinking of doing business in Southeast Asia, China, Latin America, North America, Middle East, North Africa and India? Help and advice is available through our IP liaison officers (attachés).
Publication date 18 June 2025.
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