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UK Resource Hub for Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) launched today by UK Intellectual Property Office (UK IPO).
The IPO marks a game-changing moment as the first patent is filed in new ‘One IPO’ service.
UK IPO and WIPO join forces to combat climate change.
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New agreement to strengthen existing intellectual property systems.
The UK IPO and the USPTO have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to co-operate in their work on Standard Essential Patents (SEPs).
How we are going to deliver our mission to grow the UK economy by providing an IP system that encourages investment in creativity and innovation.
The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) fee structure changed on 1 April 2024.
Greater access to IP-backed finance could help firms, especially small and medium enterprise (SMEs), leverage their IP to scale and grow.
The campaign supports the IPO's commitments to raise public understanding, and ultimately respect, for IP rights.
Natasha Chick, Divisional Director of the One IPO Transformation Programme, gives an important update on where we are with the programme and what’s next.
The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) fee structure changed on 1 January 2024.
The Intellectual Property Office wants to hear from businesses by 2 February 2024 about intellectual property’s role in helping them scale and grow.
Britain's brightest young inventors shine as Intellectual Property Office and Aardman announce winners of Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Ideas Competition 2023.
If you work in the music industry and handle metadata, we want to hear from you by 30 November 2023.
Responses to the consultation will inform the options for implementation of the Treaty.
The tool is a major advance in how the IPO performs patent searches.
Requirements that come into effect from 1 January 2024
The UK Government has launched a second consultation on proposed changes to allow the Intellectual Property Office to deliver better digital services.
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