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Guidance on options for making orphan works available online for cultural heritage institutions.
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Information on changes to IPO practice involving divisional applications.
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Restriction on filing evidence in standard trade mark oppositions and in trade mark cancellation proceedings at the IPO.
Costs in patent, trade mark and design proceedings before the Comptroller
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