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Through our commitment to continuous improvement, we’ve made a few additional enhancements.
A policy advisor role is now available in our Copyright Legal Frameworks Team
Top 30 employers announced by the work-life balance charity Working Families.
The maximum sentence for online copyright infringement has changed from two years to ten years.
From 1 October 2017, changes will be made to the law on unjustified threats of infringement
Designers can now use a website address to show their products are protected by registered designs.
Future Innovators Toolkit and IP Tutor Plus, created to raise awareness of IP in further and higher education.
UK China symposium co-hosted by the IPO and China's State Intellectual Property Office in London.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Monthly newsletter designed to keep you in touch with policy based activity and news at the Intellectual Property Office.
European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) British Day and EU Legislative Reform workshop.
The IPO’s mission is to ensure that the full potential of ideas, knowledge and creativity is realised for the benefit of the economy and society.
China Attaché, Tom Duke, will be running a UK-wide intellectual property roadshow from 18 to 20 September 2017.
To help our customers better understand how to apply for a trade mark, we've developed a trade mark timeline.
Streaming giants are helping to keep online infringement in check using innovative new streaming models.
This post will support the work of customer insight in transforming services. Closing date for applications is 4 July 2017.
The IPO is inviting fresh bids for research into the effectiveness of the UK’s enforcement framework.
As part of our ongoing work to improve our digital services, we are implementing changes to the current trade mark search service.
As part of our ongoing work to improve our digital services, we are making changes to the current trade mark eAlerts service.
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