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Depending on the objection raised in your examination, you have 2 months to respond through a number of options.
Information on paying by card, cheque, bank transfer or deposit account.
Guidance for businesses and organisations holding EU trade marks at the end of the transition period.
Mediation is a type of alternative dispute resolution and may help you resolve an intellectual property dispute.
Guidelines and scenarios explaining how the IPO examines AI inventions.
This document outlines the different accelerated procedures offered to accelerate patent application processing.
The Patents Rules 2007 set out the detailed procedures under the Patents Act 1977, and came into force on 17 December 2007.
Apply for protection against infringements of intellectual property rights on imports into and exports out of the UK.
Develop your knowledge and skills in IP such as trade marks, copyright, designs and patents with our IP masterclass training course.
The Registered Designs Act 1949 is the current law for the registration of designs and the protection of registered designs in the UK
Apply for permission to use Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) logos if you're a driving or motorcycle instructor or provide other driver training.
You can make observations on the patentability of a published patent application.
We have a number of options for you to submit your documents.
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.
A copyright notice is a concise note published by the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) providing basic copyright guidance.
Guidance on the changes to copyright law and how they might have an impact on you.
This notice provides advice for anyone wishing to understand how long copyright protection lasts in new and existing works.
Details on how to file evidence regarding your trade mark or during tribunal proceedings.
MOD copyright information, how to obtain licensing permission, use of MOD names, logos and insignia on items offered for sale (merchandise).
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