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The principal legislation on copyright can be found in the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
Intellectual property can be bought, sold or licensed.
To protect your trade mark outside of the UK, you usually need to apply in each country you want protection in.
Examples of unacceptable trade marks around protected emblems, internet domain names and your company name.
The Trade Marks Rules 2008 set out the detailed procedures under the Trade Marks Act 1994, and came into force on 1 October 2008.
Learn how to identify misleading invoices and what you should do if you receive one.
Benefit from your trade mark by licensing, mortgaging, selling, transferring ownership, merging and exploit by marketing.
List of design forms and fees.
Includes chapters on applications, modification, priority and convention claims, illustrations and disclaimers.
Authors of original works of art are entitled to a royalty each time one of their works is resold through an art market professional.
Opposition is the legal procedure that allows you to try to stop a published trade mark going on to become registered.
The Patents Act 1977 is the main law governing the patents system in the UK.
Sections (14.01 - 14.209) last updated: April 2024.
There are 7 model research collaboration agreements for universities and companies that wish to undertake collaborative research projects together.
Guidance for copyright owners on how to grant a licence for, sell or market their work.
The date of grant and date of publication will be available online for all UK national registered designs.
Section last updated: January 2021.
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.
Like other forms of property, you can buy, sell and license IP, it is important you understand the value your trade mark, patent or design.
Mediation is a type of alternative dispute resolution and may help you resolve an intellectual property dispute.
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