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Sections (118.01 - 118.23) last updated: January 2023.
How the Northern Ireland Protocol affects supplementary protection certificates (SPCs), and what it means you need to do when applying for an SPC and afterwards.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in Thailand.
Section (88.01) last updated: April 2007.
Maximise innovation with the Lambert toolkit collaboration and consortium agreement guidance.
Sections (3.01 - 3.33) last updated: July 2021
Right to apply for and obtain a patent and be mentioned as inventor.
Sections (24.01 - 24.05) last updated: April 2021.
Sections (4.01 - 4.07.2) last updated January 2024.
Sections (70.01 - 70.08) last updated: September 2017.
Sections (33.01 - 33.06) last updated: January 2021.
Sections (72.01 - 72.45) last updated: October 2023.
Information for applicants filing design applications under the Hague Agreement.
Guidance for businesses who have unregistered Community designs.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in Australia.
Sections last updated: April 2007.
Invalidation or cancellation, is the legal process which allows anyone to try and remove a design from our register
Section (16.01 - 16.37) last updated: March 2017.
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