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Directions to direct the form and manner in which patent, trade mark and designs forms and documents can be submitted by e-mail.
The patents hearings manual provides guidance to the law and procedure concerning patent and design right hearings.
Guidance on administrative procedures for patent and design right proceedings and requests for Restorations and Post-Grant.
This guidance describes the dispute resolution services and remedies available for standard essential patents (SEPs) disputes.
This section of the SEPs Resource Hub signposts to international SEPs-specific information, including for the purposes of patent applications.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in Brazil.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in Oman.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in the Philippines.
How SPC law is affected by new legislation which came into force on 1 January 2025, the actions SPC holders and applicants need to take, and the issues they need to be aware of.
This notice is aimed at individuals and groups who may wish to perform copyright-protected musical works live.
This notice is aimed at museums, galleries, libraries, archives and other institutions which may wish to exhibit works which are protected by copyright.
An unofficial consolidated version of the Design right (unregistered) sections of part 3 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
This provides information on the examination of applications which consists of multiple components.
These guidelines set out how we examine patent applications for chemical inventions
Basic introduction for private applicants on filing international patent applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT).
The Patents Journal special notices are published every Wednesday at 4:30am.
Publication date 18 June 2025.
An unofficial consolidated version of the patents related sections of parts 5 and 6 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
We provide advice to Ministers, who decide whether the UK should submit observations and intervene in Court of Justice (CJ) cases concerning IP.
How to report a security vulnerability on any Intellectual Property Office service or system.
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