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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.
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.
The IPO has published a summary of responses to the questionnaire for SME, small-cap and mid-cap businesses on Standard Essential Patents.
The new service will see the process of applying for a patent dramatically transformed over the next 12 months.
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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The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) fee structure changes on 1 January 2023.
There is planned maintenance on 21 December 2022, which will cause disruption to telephone calls to the Intellectual Property Office.
The IPO has announced that Adam Williams has been appointed Chief Executive and Comptroller-General of the Intellectual Property Office.
The UK Government has launched a consultation on proposals for the legal changes needed to deliver the Intellectual Property Office’s ‘One IPO’ transformation programme.
The UK has joined the WIPO Lex-Judgments database, opening access to UK courts’ most notable IP judgments to a global audience.
The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) fee structure changed on 1 September 2022.
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