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Sections (110.01 - 110.08) last updated: October 2021.
You may be required to complete a witness statement to support your request to correct an error in a trade mark application.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in China.
A list of offences and penalties that relate to counterfeiting and piracy.
Section (13.01 - 13.144) last updated July 2020.
This strategy sets out the government’s approach to tackling intellectual property crime and infringement for the next five years
Examination and search.
This guide is for businesses and sets out ways to successfully manage their intangible assets, or IP.
Your chances of obtaining a useful patent are significantly greater if you use an attorney. A patent specification is a legal document and requires specialist skills to draft properly.
Benefit from your design by licensing, mortgaging, selling, changing ownership and exploit by marketing.
Section (89A.01 - 89A.26) last updated: January 2023.
Guidance on the patent opinions service, including guidance for users of the service and our procedures for handling opinions
Thinking of doing business in Southeast Asia, China, Latin America, North America, Gulf States and India? Help and advice is available through our IP liaison officers (attachés).
Directions to direct the form and manner in which patent, trade mark and designs forms and documents can be submitted by e-mail.
Sections (21.01 - 21.26) last updated: April 2023.
Sections (52.01 - 52.10) last updated: July 2021.
Includes time limits, examination and withdrawals.
Sections (117B.01 - 117B.05) last updated: January 2021.
Use these fact sheets to assist you with your patent application
These guidelines set out how the IPO examines patent applications for medical inventions.
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