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To protect your trade mark outside of the UK, you usually need to apply in each country you want protection in.
Sections (14.01 - 14.209) last updated: January 2025.
Ownership of copyright works may depend on the circumstances under which the work was created.
Examples of unacceptable trade marks around protected emblems, internet domain names and your company name.
Intellectual property can be bought, sold or licensed.
You may receive a misleading invoice that requests payment for a service related to a trade mark, design, or patent. Here's some information and guidance on what to do.
The Patents Act 1977 is the main law governing the patents system in the UK.
The Intellectual Property Office offers different methods of accelerating the processing of your patent application.
The Manual of Patent Practice explains the Intellectual Property Office's practice under the Patents Act 1977.
The Trade Marks Rules 2008 set out the detailed procedures under the Trade Marks Act 1994, and came into force on 1 October 2008.
Authors of original works of art are entitled to a royalty each time one of their works is resold through an art market professional.
Benefit from your trade mark by licensing, mortgaging, selling, transferring ownership, merging and exploit by marketing.
Sections (18.01 - 18.99) last updated: April 2024.
This guide provides information on how design applications are examined in respect of national applications filed at the UK Intellectual Property Office.
Guidance for copyright owners on how to grant a licence for, sell or market their work.
Sections (1.01 - 1.58) last updated: January 2025.
How to enforce copyright when somebody uses your work without your permission.
If you own the copyright in a work, you have exclusive rights over certain uses of that work. These rights fall into two categories: economic rights and moral rights.
In order to better understand the process of applying for a design, we recommend you view the design timeline.
Includes chapters on applications, modification, priority and convention claims, illustrations and disclaimers.
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