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How to get permission to copy a creative work for which the right holder(s) cannot be found ie an orphan work.
Details on how to file evidence regarding your trade mark or during tribunal proceedings.
Develop your knowledge and skills in IP such as trade marks, copyright, designs and patents with our IP masterclass training course.
Section last updated: August 2022.
The Intellectual Property Office offers different methods of accelerating the processing of your patent application.
A form of IP that extends the protection of patented active ingredients present in pharmaceutical or plant protection products.
Depending on the objection raised in your examination, you have 2 months to respond through a number of options.
The Registered Designs Act 1949 is the current law for the registration of designs and the protection of registered designs in the UK
Mediation is a type of alternative dispute resolution and may help you resolve an intellectual property dispute.
Section last updated: November 2020.
This notice provides advice for anyone wishing to understand how long copyright protection lasts in new and existing works.
Section last updated: January 2019.
There are 4 model research collaboration agreements for universities and companies that wish to undertake collaboration research projects together.
A copyright notice is a concise note published by the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) providing basic copyright guidance.
To protect your patent outside of the UK, you usually need to apply in each country you want protection in.
A change in practice to costs in patents, trade mark and designs.
Interactive guide for universities and companies to determine which agreements to use for collaborative research projects.
Sections (15.01 - 15.58) last updated: April 2024.
There are different model agreements for management of Intellectual Property (IP) in collaborative research in the UK and overseas.
Trade mark hearings and how to appeal against an outcome.
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