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The Patents Rules 2007 set out the detailed procedures under the Patents Act 1977, and came into force on 17 December 2007.
Guidelines and scenarios explaining how the IPO examines AI inventions.
The Registered Designs Act 1949 is the current law for the registration of designs and the protection of registered designs in the UK
The Formalities Manual explains the Intellectual Property Office's formalities examination practice under the Patents Act 1977.
Includes chapters on definition of a design, novelty and individual character, technical function, morality and emblems.
This document outlines the different accelerated procedures offered to accelerate patent application processing.
Develop your knowledge and skills in IP such as trade marks, copyright, designs and patents with our IP masterclass training course.
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
Trade mark hearings and how to appeal against an outcome.
We have a number of options for you to submit your documents.
Sections (15.01 - 15.58) last updated: April 2024.
You can make observations on the patentability of a published patent application.
Section last updated: August 2022.
Sections (10.01 to 10.84) last updated: July 2020.
A copyright notice is a concise note published by the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) providing basic copyright guidance.
Details on how to file evidence regarding your trade mark or during tribunal proceedings.
To protect your invention outside of the UK, you usually need to apply in each country you want protection in.
This notice provides advice for anyone wishing to understand how long copyright protection lasts in new and existing works.
There are 4 model research collaboration agreements for universities and companies that wish to undertake collaboration research projects together.
Protection of your copyright work abroad will usually be automatic in the same way UK protection works.
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