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This document outlines the different accelerated procedures offered to accelerate patent application processing.
We have a number of options for you to submit your documents.
To protect your patent outside of the UK, you usually need to apply in each country you want protection in.
The Registered Designs Act 1949 is the current law for the registration of designs and the protection of registered designs in the UK
Sections (17.01 - 17.123) last updated: January 2024.
A change in practice to costs in patents, trade mark and designs.
Revocation is the legal procedure that allows anyone to try and remove a trade mark from the UK register.
Includes chapters on definition of a design, novelty and individual character, technical function, morality and emblems.
The guidelines are temporarily suspended pending consideration of the judgement of the Court of Appeal in Comptroller of Patents v Emotional Perception AI Ltd [2024] EWCA Civ 825.
Section last updated: July 2023.
The UK music industry has agreed to improve music streaming metadata
Section last updated: November 2020.
Details on how to make a request for accelerated examination under the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH).
Actions that parallel exporters to the EEA and intellectual property rights holders need to take.
What collective and certification trade marks are and when they apply.
Depending on the objection raised in your examination, you have 2 months to respond through a number of options.
Details of all scheduled trade mark (unless otherwise specified) procedural hearings, main hearings and appeals to the appointed person.
Develop your knowledge and skills in IP such as trade marks, copyright, designs and patents with our IP masterclass training course.
Applications received to amend the specification of a patent under sections 27 and 75 before the court and the Office.
Section last updated: January 2019.
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