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Like other forms of property, you can buy, sell and license IP, it is important you understand the value your trade mark, patent or design.
Invalidation is the legal procedure which allows anyone to try and remove a trade mark from our register as if it had never been registered
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.
Depending on the objection raised in your examination, you have 2 months to respond through a number of options.
Mediation is a type of alternative dispute resolution and may help you resolve an intellectual property dispute.
A change in practice to costs in patents, trade mark and designs.
Trade mark hearings and how to appeal against an outcome.
Some countries may allow you to extend your UK IP protection and accept it as protected in that country after completing local formalities.
A list of offences and penalties that relate to counterfeiting and piracy.
Revocation is the legal procedure that allows anyone to try and remove a trade mark from the UK register.
International trade mark registrations protected in the EU under the Madrid Protocol will no longer enjoy protection in the UK after 1 January 2021.
What collective and certification trade marks are and when they apply.
The fast track opposition process is intended to benefit business by improving access to opposition proceedings.
Guidance for businesses holding registered Community designs and international trade marks and designs.
Details of all scheduled trade mark (unless otherwise specified) procedural hearings, main hearings and appeals to the appointed person.
This guidance explains why and how a party in an intellectual property case must notify the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) about the case.
Restricting specifications of applications and registrations subject to Tribunal proceedings
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in China.
Events which have an intellectual property or business focus.
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