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This guide provides information on how design applications are examined in respect of national applications filed at the UK Intellectual Property Office.
How to enforce copyright when somebody uses your work without your permission.
This explains the rules governing address for service for intellectual property rights in the UK.
Sections (18.01 - 18.99) last updated: April 2024.
Summary of the government's ongoing programme of work to develop a code of practice on copyright and AI.
Guidance for businesses and organisations holding EU trade marks at the end of the transition period.
Sections (1.01 - 1.47) last updated: January2024.
The Patents Rules 2007 set out the detailed procedures under the Patents Act 1977, and came into force on 17 December 2007.
Sections (2.01 - 2.41) last updated January 2024.
The Manual of Patent Practice explains the Intellectual Property Office's practice under the Patents Act 1977.
Information on paying by card, cheque, bank transfer or deposit account.
Sections (6.01 - 6.66) last updated: July 2020.
Invalidation is the legal procedure which allows anyone to try and remove a trade mark from our register as if it had never been registered
General guidance for all organisations (including charities, voluntary and not-for profit) on showing broadcasts to the public e.g. customers and employees.
The Patents Act 1977 is the main law governing the patents system in the UK.
Section last updated: August 2022.
Sections (10.01 to 10.84) last updated: July 2020.
Sections (3.01 - 3.101) last updated: April 2024.
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