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This section of the SEPs Resource Hub signposts to relevant UK cases concerning SEPs.
Details on how to make a request for accelerated examination under the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH).
Details of all patent hearings that are scheduled.
This guidance describes the dispute resolution services and remedies available for standard essential patents (SEPs) disputes.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in China.
Information to help you protect, manage, and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in the UAE.
Information on changes to IPO practice on examination of inventions involving Artificial Neural Networks.
The IPO has developed tools, guidance and teaching resources for primary, secondary, further and higher education, researchers and university management.
Publication date 23 April 2025.
Your chances of obtaining a useful patent are significantly greater if you use an attorney. A patent specification is a legal document and requires specialist skills to draft properly.
Intellectual property insurance may not be appropriate for every business however you may find that IP insurance has numerous benefits.
How SPC law is affected by new legislation which came into force on 1 January 2025, the actions SPC holders and applicants need to take, and the issues they need to be aware of.
Basic introduction for private applicants on filing international patent applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT).
This guidance explains why and how a party in an intellectual property case must notify the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) about the case.
If you are unable to reach agreement with a patent examiner over your patent application you can request an ex parte hearing.
Details of what is considered as military technology or prejudicial to national security or public safety when applying for a patent.
To help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in Vietnam.
Using the international patent, UK patent and cooperative patent classification schemes
These guidelines set out how the IPO examines patent applications for medical inventions.
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