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This Code of Practice is written for patent applicants and agents to identify best practices in UK patent application process.
Highlighting Trading Standards annual IP crime survey results and successful IP cases in the UK.
This page provides practical information to help you make the most of your IP when doing business in India.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in Malaysia.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in Qatar.
How the Northern Ireland Protocol affects supplementary protection certificates (SPCs), and what it means you need to do when applying for an SPC and afterwards.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in Kuwait.
From 1 July 2022, WIPO Standard ST.26 specifies new requirements for biological sequence listings included in patent applications.
These guidelines set out how we examine patent applications for biotechnological inventions under the Patents Act 1977.
Guidance on avoiding piracy and counterfeit goods online.
Use these fact sheets to assist you with your patent application
We provide advice to Ministers, who decide whether the UK should submit observations and intervene in Court of Justice (CJ) cases concerning IP.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in New Zealand.
This page provides practical information to help you make the most of your IP when doing business in Peru.
All patent applications filed at the IPO are checked to identify any which could be prejudicial to national security or public safety.
How to take part in user research at the UK IPO – signing up, who we want to meet with, why we research and your data rights.
Information about applications received for the review of a patent opinion.
The following certificates were issued on 27 March 2020 and 8 July 2020 by the Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks.
Changes to patents, designs and trade marks forms resulting from the introduction of the ‘forms@ipo.gov.uk’ email address on 9 November 2020.
Guidance on the patent opinions service, including guidance for users of the service and our procedures for handling opinions
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