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Some countries may allow you to extend your UK IP protection and accept it as protected in that country after completing local formalities.
Sections (60.01 - 60.33) last updated: January 2024.
Guidance on the changes to copyright law and how they might have an impact on you.
Section (14.01 -14.39) last updated: March 2017.
A list of offences and penalties that relate to counterfeiting and piracy.
This guidance relates to Standard Essential Patents licensing.
Sections (5.01 - 5.32) last updated: January 2024.
Sections (10.01 to 10.84) last updated: July 2020.
This guidance relates to Technical Standards and Standard Development Organisations to describe the typical first step in a Standard Essential Patent (SEP) journey.
General guidance for all organisations (including charities, voluntary and not-for profit) on showing broadcasts to the public e.g. customers and employees.
Revocation is the legal procedure that allows anyone to try and remove a trade mark from the UK register.
Information about opinions requests we have received this year.
Protection of your copyright work abroad will usually be automatic in the same way UK protection works.
This document outlines the different accelerated procedures offered to accelerate patent application processing.
International trade mark registrations protected in the EU under the Madrid Protocol will no longer enjoy protection in the UK after 1 January 2021.
Includes chapters on definition of a design, novelty and individual character, technical function, morality and emblems.
What collective and certification trade marks are and when they apply.
How SPC law will be affected by new legislation which comes into force on 1 January 2025, and what actions SPC holders and applicants will need to take.
Section last updated: January 2019.
This section of the SEPs Resource Hub signposts to relevant UK cases concerning SEPs.
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