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Transparency data: IPO payments: 2024

The Intellectual Property Office publishes the data on all payments regardless of size on a monthly basis.

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Decision: Design hearing decision: O/0881/24

Outcome of request to invalidate, hearing held on 11 September 2024.

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Statutory guidance: Registered Designs Act and Rules

The Registered Designs Act 1949 is the current law for the registration of designs and the protection of registered designs in the UK

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Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 7061

Publication date 18 September 2024.

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Guidance: Requests for opinions: 2024

Information about opinions requests we have received this year

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Guidance: Patent Prosecution Highway

Details on how to make a request for accelerated examination under the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH).

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Guidance: Patents: accelerated processing

The Intellectual Property Office offers different methods of accelerating the processing of your patent application.

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Guidance: UK overseas intellectual property attaché network

Thinking of doing business in Southeast Asia, China, Latin America, North America, Gulf States and India? Help and advice is available through our IP liaison officers (attachés).

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Guidance: How to file documents with the Intellectual Property Office

We have a number of options for you to submit your documents.

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Action needed to continue using EPO Online Filing

Your European Patent Office (EPO) smart card will expire soon. Read our September update on the actions you need to take.

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Intellectual Property Office welcomes new IP Minister

Feryal Clark announced as the new IP Minister.

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IPO issues fresh warning to beware of misleading invoices

Customers should not pay these, and should always report them to the IPO.

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IPO launches bilingual website as part of Welsh language commitment

Visitors to the Intellectual Property Office’s home page and main navigation pages on GOV.UK will now see that these are bilingual, as the IPO completes the first phase of its programme of work to provide digital information and services in Welsh.

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Notice: Trade marks and designs: hearing diaries

Details of all scheduled trade mark (unless otherwise specified) procedural hearings, main hearings and appeals to the appointed person.

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Decision: Design hearing decision: O/0875/24

Outcome of request to invalidate, hearing held on 10 September 2024.

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Decision: Trade mark disputes: unpaid costs orders

A list of unpaid costs following inter parte hearings about intellectual property

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Transparency data: IPO customer service standards

The IPO customer service standards tell you the level of service you can expect and how we are performing against these targets.

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Transparency data: IPO customer service standards

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The IPO customer service standards tell you the level of service you can expect and how we are performing against these targets.

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Corporate report: Intellectual Property Office Innovation and Growth Report 2023/24

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This annual report details how the work of the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has supported innovation and economic growth during 2023-2024.

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Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 7060

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Publication date 11 September 2024.

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Guidance: Requests to amend a patent after grant

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Applications received to amend the specification of a patent under sections 27 and 75 before the court and the Office.

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Decision: Trade mark disputes: unpaid costs orders

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A list of unpaid costs following inter parte hearings about intellectual property

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Decision: Design hearing decision: O/0838/24

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Outcome of request to invalidate, hearing held on 30 August 2024.

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Decision: Trade mark disputes: unpaid costs orders

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A list of unpaid costs following inter parte hearings about intellectual property

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Manual of trade marks practice

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The manual of trade marks practice sets out guidance on the Intellectual Property Office work practices.

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The examination guide

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Section last updated: January 2021.

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Notice: Trade marks and designs: hearing diaries

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Details of all scheduled trade mark (unless otherwise specified) procedural hearings, main hearings and appeals to the appointed person.

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Statutory guidance: Trade Marks Act 1994

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The Trade Marks Act 1994 make up part of the trade mark legislation in the UK.

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Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 7059

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Publication date 4 September 2024.

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Form: Record/cancel a change of ownership, licence or security

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Use this form to record a change of ownership or to record or cancel a licence or security

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Guidance: Notifying the Intellectual Property Office of a court action

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This guidance explains why and how a party in an intellectual property case must notify the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) about the case.

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Statutory guidance: Trade Marks Rules

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The Trade Marks Rules 2008 set out the detailed procedures under the Trade Marks Act 1994, and came into force on 1 October 2008.

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IPO introduces statements of grant for international designs

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Statements provide evidence and faster certainty that an international design registration has been accepted.

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Guidance: Requests for opinions: 2024

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Information about opinions requests we have received this year

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Official Statistics: Monthly statistics: Patents, trade marks and designs: July 2024

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These statistics include monthly data for patents, trade marks and designs.

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Decision: Trade mark disputes: unpaid costs orders

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A list of unpaid costs following inter parte hearings about intellectual property

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Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 7058

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Publication date 28 August 2024.

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Guidance: Requests for opinions: 2024

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Information about opinions requests we have received this year

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Decision: Design hearing decision: O/0794/24

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Outcome of request to invalidate, hearing held on 19 August 2024.

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Decision: Design hearing decision: O/0787/24

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Outcome of request to invalidate, hearing held on 16 August 2024.

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Set up a limited company: step by step

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How to set up a limited company, appoint directors and shareholders or guarantors, and register for tax.

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Guidance: Requests for opinions: 2024

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Information about opinions requests we have received this year

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Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 7057

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Publication date 21 August 2024.

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Set up as a sole trader: step by step

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What you need to do if you set up as a sole trader - check your employment status, understand your obligations, and register for tax.

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Notice: Trade marks and designs: hearing diaries

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Details of all scheduled trade mark (unless otherwise specified) procedural hearings, main hearings and appeals to the appointed person.

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