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What collective and certification trade marks are and when they apply.
Thinking of doing business in Southeast Asia, China, Latin America, North America, Middle East, North Africa and India? Help and advice is available through our IP liaison officers (attachés).
A change in practice to costs in patents, trade mark and designs.
Monitor the progress of a patent application through search reports, open to the public inspection files, and caveats.
Guidance on the changes to copyright law and how they might have an impact on you.
Actions that parallel exporters to the EEA and intellectual property rights holders need to take.
Protection of your copyright work abroad will usually be automatic in the same way UK protection works.
Protection in the EU for databases produced in the UK.
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.
You can help define the scope of protection given to your registered design by including a disclaimer or limitation alongside your illustration.
If you made a UK application for action after 1 December 2020, you can extend it to protect your intellectual property rights at least 30 working days before it expires.
At the end of every month we publish a newsletter covering recent intellectual property (IP) developments in China.
You may be required to complete a witness statement to support your request to correct an error in a trade mark application.
This notice is aimed at small business and individuals who may wish to assign their own copyright or have been asked to assign copyright.
This notice is aimed at small businesses and individuals who may wish to use digital or photographic images on the web.
Guidance on UK and EU copyright protection for right holders and users including business, cultural heritage institutions and consumers. It is not legal advice.
Information about opinions requests we have received this year.
This guidance relates to Standard Essential Patents licensing.
Revocation is the legal procedure that allows anyone to try and remove a trade mark from the UK register.
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