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UK IPO and WIPO join forces to combat climate change.
New agreement to strengthen existing intellectual property systems.
We have increased the checks on addresses provided in trade mark applications and introduced a process for reporting misconduct by unregulated agents.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has published its Analysis Priorities for 2023/24.
The government has published its response to the transformation consultation which ran between 3 November 2022 and 6 January 2023.
Inventive youngsters at Cosby Primary School have learnt all about bees and biodiversity after winning a prestigious national competition.
As of 12 April, the process for paying for an Intellectual Property Office (IPO) paper form by debit or credit card is changing.
The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has agreed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) today.
The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) and Aardman have launched a new Wallace & Gromit ‘Cracking Ideas’ competition.
We are deeply saddened and shocked by the earthquake which struck on 6 February 2023.
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