Archived government news
February 2025
Guidance: Requests for opinions: 2025 Thursday, 13 February 2025
Guidance: IP crime and enforcement for businesses Thursday, 13 February 2025
Transparency data: IPO customer service standards Wednesday, 12 February 2025
Notice: Trade marks and designs: hearing diaries Wednesday, 12 February 2025
Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 7082 Wednesday, 12 February 2025
Case study: Intellectual Property: SafeGlam Tuesday, 11 February 2025
Decision: Trade mark disputes: unpaid costs orders Tuesday, 11 February 2025
Guidance: Intellectual Property Office: privacy notices Tuesday, 11 February 2025
Notice: Patents: hearing diary Tuesday, 11 February 2025
Guidance: Requests for opinions: 2024 Thursday, 06 February 2025
Decision: Design hearing decision: O/0091/25 Thursday, 06 February 2025
Guidance: Requests for opinions: 2024 Thursday, 06 February 2025
Notice: Trade marks and designs: hearing diaries Thursday, 06 February 2025
Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 7081 Wednesday, 05 February 2025
Set up a private limited company Monday, 03 February 2025
January 2025
Decision: Trade mark disputes: unpaid costs orders Friday, 31 January 2025
Transparency data: People survey results 2024 Friday, 31 January 2025
Guidance: Requests for opinions: 2024 Friday, 31 January 2025
Guidance: Examining patent applications relating to artificial intelligence… Thursday, 30 January 2025
Official Statistics: Monthly statistics: Patents, trade marks and designs: … Thursday, 30 January 2025
Guidance: Intellectual Property Office: privacy notices Wednesday, 29 January 2025
Transparency data: People survey results 2023 Wednesday, 29 January 2025
Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 7080 Wednesday, 29 January 2025
Decision: Design hearing decision: O/0043/25 Tuesday, 28 January 2025
Decision: Trade mark disputes: unpaid costs orders Tuesday, 28 January 2025
Notice: Trade marks and designs: hearing diaries Tuesday, 28 January 2025
Guidance: Monitoring patent applications Thursday, 23 January 2025
Guidance: Patents: accelerated processing Thursday, 23 January 2025
Guidance: Observations about patentability Thursday, 23 January 2025
Guidance: Supplementary Protection Certificates Thursday, 23 January 2025
Guidance: Requests for opinions: 2024 Thursday, 23 January 2025
Guidance: Licensing intellectual property Thursday, 23 January 2025
Formalities Manual (online version) Wednesday, 22 January 2025
Chapter 9: Post publication formalities examination Wednesday, 22 January 2025
Chapter 12: Miscellaneous Wednesday, 22 January 2025
Chapter 1: Patents and Formalities Wednesday, 22 January 2025
Chapter 6: Declaration of priority Wednesday, 22 January 2025
Guidance: Requests for opinions: 2023 Wednesday, 22 January 2025
Guidance: Requests for opinions: 2024 Wednesday, 22 January 2025
Guidance: Monitoring patent applications Wednesday, 22 January 2025
Guidance: Observations about patentability Wednesday, 22 January 2025
Guidance: Patents: accelerated processing Wednesday, 22 January 2025
Check the patents journal Wednesday, 22 January 2025
Search for a patent Wednesday, 22 January 2025
Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 7079 Wednesday, 22 January 2025
Transparency data: IPO customer service standards Tuesday, 21 January 2025
Decision: Trade mark disputes: unpaid costs orders Tuesday, 21 January 2025
Guidance: IP crime and enforcement for businesses Tuesday, 21 January 2025
Guidance: Extended Collective Licensing Monday, 20 January 2025
Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 7078 Wednesday, 15 January 2025
Decision: Trade mark disputes: unpaid costs orders Tuesday, 14 January 2025
Notice: Trade marks and designs: hearing diaries Tuesday, 14 January 2025
Decision: Design hearing decision: O/0012/25 Tuesday, 14 January 2025
Guidance: Requests for opinions: 2024 Tuesday, 14 January 2025
Decision: Trade mark disputes: unpaid costs orders Friday, 10 January 2025
Guidance: Requests for opinions: 2024 Thursday, 09 January 2025
Corporate report: Intellectual Property Office Innovation and Growth Report… Thursday, 09 January 2025
Corporate report: IPO annual report and accounts 2022 to 2023 Thursday, 09 January 2025
Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 7077 Wednesday, 08 January 2025
Section 4A: Methods of treatment or diagnosis Thursday, 02 January 2025
Supplementary Protection Certificates for Medicinal and Plant Protection Pr… Thursday, 02 January 2025
Section 1: Patentability Thursday, 02 January 2025
Section 3: Inventive step Thursday, 02 January 2025
Table of cases Thursday, 02 January 2025
Guidance: Patents: Manual of Patent Practice Thursday, 02 January 2025
Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 7076 Wednesday, 01 January 2025
Guidance: Patent Cooperation Treaty for private applicants Wednesday, 01 January 2025
1 January 2025: Update to the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) fees Wednesday, 01 January 2025
December 2024
Guidance: Requests for opinions: 2024 Tuesday, 31 December 2024
Decision: Trade mark disputes: unpaid costs orders Tuesday, 31 December 2024
Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 7075 Wednesday, 25 December 2024
Guidance: Requests to amend a patent after grant Wednesday, 25 December 2024
Transparency data: IPO customer service standards Friday, 20 December 2024
Notice: Trade marks and designs: hearing diaries Thursday, 19 December 2024
Transparency data: IPO payments: 2019 Thursday, 19 December 2024
Guidance: Intellectual Property training course: IP Masterclass Thursday, 19 December 2024
Transparency data: IPO payments: 2024 Thursday, 19 December 2024
Official Statistics: Monthly statistics: Patents, trade marks and designs: … Thursday, 19 December 2024
FOI release: Ex parte design hearings statistics for 2017-2023 Wednesday, 18 December 2024
FOI release: Success rates of non-represented patent applicants Wednesday, 18 December 2024
FOI release: Statistics on undefended oppositions Wednesday, 18 December 2024
FOI release: Patented technologies reportable to other organisations Wednesday, 18 December 2024
FOI release: Design invalidity proceedings filed from 2018 to 2023 Wednesday, 18 December 2024
Guidance: Requests to amend a patent after grant Wednesday, 18 December 2024
Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 7074 Wednesday, 18 December 2024
Corporate report: Inclusion & Diversity Annual Report 23-24 Tuesday, 17 December 2024
Transparency data: IPO gender pay gap 2024 Tuesday, 17 December 2024
Press release: UK consults on proposals to give creative industries and AI … Tuesday, 17 December 2024
Open consultation: Copyright and Artificial Intelligence Tuesday, 17 December 2024
Press release: UK consults on proposals to give creative industries and AI … Tuesday, 17 December 2024
UK amends international trade mark rules to allow partial replacement Monday, 16 December 2024
Guidance: Correction to the designs register under section 21: 6381975 & 63… Friday, 13 December 2024
Guidance: Intellectual property mediation Friday, 13 December 2024
Guidance: Requests for opinions: 2024 Friday, 13 December 2024
Guidance: Requests for opinions: 2024 Friday, 13 December 2024
Guidance: Requests for opinions: 2024 Thursday, 12 December 2024
Statutory guidance: Changes to supplementary protection certificates on 1 J… Wednesday, 11 December 2024
Decision: Trade mark disputes: unpaid costs orders Wednesday, 11 December 2024
Notice: Trade marks and designs: hearing diaries Wednesday, 11 December 2024
Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 7073 Wednesday, 11 December 2024
Transparency data: Intellectual Property Office: structure chart Thursday, 05 December 2024
Notice: Trade marks and designs: hearing diaries Wednesday, 04 December 2024
Decision: Trade mark disputes: unpaid costs orders Wednesday, 04 December 2024
Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 7072 Wednesday, 04 December 2024
Decision: Design hearing decision: O/1123/24 Monday, 02 December 2024
1 January 2025: Update to the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) fees Monday, 02 December 2024
Guidance: Correction to the designs register under section 21: 6288627 and … Monday, 02 December 2024
Press release: UK artists set for New Zealand royalties boost Monday, 02 December 2024
Guidance: Artist's Resale Right Monday, 02 December 2024
Press release: UK artists set for New Zealand royalties boost Monday, 02 December 2024
November 2024
Policy paper: Collective rights management in the UK Thursday, 28 November 2024
Decision: Trade mark disputes: unpaid costs orders Thursday, 28 November 2024
Notice: Patents: hearing diary Thursday, 28 November 2024
Notice: Trade marks and designs: hearing diaries Thursday, 28 November 2024
Official Statistics: Monthly statistics: Patents, trade marks and designs: … Thursday, 28 November 2024
Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 7071 Wednesday, 27 November 2024
Decision: Trade mark disputes: unpaid costs orders Tuesday, 26 November 2024
Corporate report: IPO annual report and accounts 2023 to 2024 Friday, 22 November 2024
Guidance: Meta counterfeit and piracy campaign Thursday, 21 November 2024
Guidance: Requests for opinions: 2024 Thursday, 21 November 2024
Guidance: Requests for opinions: 2024 Thursday, 21 November 2024
IPO launches bilingual website as part of Welsh language commitment Wednesday, 20 November 2024
Guidance: Requests for opinions: 2024 Wednesday, 20 November 2024
Guidance: Requests to amend a patent after grant Wednesday, 20 November 2024
Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 7070 Wednesday, 20 November 2024
Decision: Trade mark disputes: unpaid costs orders Tuesday, 19 November 2024
Transparency data: IPO customer service standards Tuesday, 19 November 2024
Guidance: Intellectual Property Office: privacy notices Thursday, 14 November 2024
Three new non-Executive Directors appointed Thursday, 14 November 2024
Decision: Design hearing decision: O/1060/24 Wednesday, 13 November 2024
Notice: Trade marks and designs: hearing diaries Wednesday, 13 November 2024
Guidance: Requests for opinions: 2024 Wednesday, 13 November 2024
Guidance: UK copyright protection for foreign works and nationals Wednesday, 13 November 2024
Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 7069 Wednesday, 13 November 2024
IPO launches bilingual website as part of Welsh language commitment Tuesday, 12 November 2024
Guidance: Requests for opinions: 2024 Monday, 11 November 2024
Decision: Design hearing decision: O/1029/24 Monday, 11 November 2024
Notice: Trade marks and designs: hearing diaries Monday, 11 November 2024
Decision: Trade mark disputes: unpaid costs orders Monday, 11 November 2024
Guidance: UK overseas intellectual property attaché network Monday, 11 November 2024
Guidance: Requests for opinions: 2024 Friday, 08 November 2024
Register a trade mark Friday, 08 November 2024
Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 7068 Wednesday, 06 November 2024
Guidance: Trading Standards IP Crime survey and Successes 2023 to 2024 Tuesday, 05 November 2024
Set up as a sole trader: step by step Tuesday, 05 November 2024
Extension of public performance rights to foreign nationals Tuesday, 05 November 2024
Consultation outcome: Extension of public performance rights to foreign nat… Tuesday, 05 November 2024
Guidance: Trading Standards IP Crime survey and Successes 2023 to 2024 Tuesday, 05 November 2024
October 2024
Statutory guidance: Patents sections: Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 19… Thursday, 31 October 2024
Statutory guidance: Changes to supplementary protection certificates on 1 J… Thursday, 31 October 2024
Official Statistics: Monthly statistics: Patents, trade marks and designs: … Thursday, 31 October 2024
Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 7067 Wednesday, 30 October 2024
Notice: Trade marks and designs: hearing diaries Tuesday, 29 October 2024
Decision: Trade mark disputes: unpaid costs orders Tuesday, 29 October 2024
Guidance: Requests for opinions: 2024 Tuesday, 29 October 2024
Press release: One-stop SEPs Resource Hub launched by UK IPO Monday, 28 October 2024
Guidance: Requests for opinions: 2024 Monday, 28 October 2024
Guidance: Requests for opinions: 2024 Friday, 25 October 2024
Decision: Design hearing decision: O/0991/24 Thursday, 24 October 2024
Decision: Trade mark disputes: unpaid costs orders Thursday, 24 October 2024
Statutory guidance: The Patents Rules 2007 and Patents (Fees) Rules 2007 Thursday, 24 October 2024
Guidance: IPO: Customer charter Wednesday, 23 October 2024
Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 7066 Wednesday, 23 October 2024
Guidance: Requests to amend a patent after grant Wednesday, 23 October 2024
Decision: Design hearing decision: O/0980/24 Tuesday, 22 October 2024
Decision: Trade mark disputes: unpaid costs orders Tuesday, 22 October 2024
Press release: IPO campaign highlights dangers of counterfeit vehicle part… Monday, 21 October 2024
Guidance: Requests for opinions: 2024 Monday, 21 October 2024
Notice: Patents: hearing diary Monday, 21 October 2024
Notice: Trade marks and designs: hearing diaries Monday, 21 October 2024
Guidance: Requests for opinions: 2024 Monday, 21 October 2024
Promotional material: Business events Monday, 21 October 2024
Press release: IPO campaign highlights dangers of counterfeit vehicle part… Sunday, 20 October 2024
Guidance: New signs notified under Article 6ter of the Paris Convention Friday, 18 October 2024
Guidance: Counterfeit vehicle parts Friday, 18 October 2024
Transparency data: IPO customer service standards Friday, 18 October 2024
Decision: Design hearing decision: O/0614/24 Thursday, 17 October 2024
Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 7065 Wednesday, 16 October 2024
Decision: Trade mark disputes: unpaid costs orders Monday, 14 October 2024
Press release: Kids Invent Stuff and Taskmaster Education competition Monday, 14 October 2024
Notice: Trade marks and designs: hearing diaries Friday, 11 October 2024
Guidance: Examining patent applications relating to chemical inventions Friday, 11 October 2024
Statutory guidance: The Patents Act 1977 Thursday, 10 October 2024
Guidance: Protecting Intellectual Property Rights on e-commerce stores Thursday, 10 October 2024
Guidance: Requests for opinions: 2024 Thursday, 10 October 2024
Set up as a sole trader: step by step Wednesday, 09 October 2024
Schedule 5 (section 132): Crown Proceedings Act 1947 (c.44). Wednesday, 09 October 2024
Section 130: Interpretation Wednesday, 09 October 2024
Schedule 4 (section 127): Transitional provisions Wednesday, 09 October 2024
Section 107: Costs and expenses in proceedings before the comptroller Wednesday, 09 October 2024
Section 106: Costs and expenses in proceedings before the Court Wednesday, 09 October 2024
Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 7064 Wednesday, 09 October 2024
Decision: Trade mark disputes: unpaid costs orders Monday, 07 October 2024
Form: Application to register an International trade mark Monday, 07 October 2024
Guidance: Requests to amend a patent after grant Friday, 04 October 2024
Guidance: Requests for opinions: 2024 Wednesday, 02 October 2024
Notice: Trade marks and designs: hearing diaries Wednesday, 02 October 2024
Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 7063 Wednesday, 02 October 2024
Section 1: Patentability Tuesday, 01 October 2024
Manual of Patent Practice Tuesday, 01 October 2024
Table of cases Tuesday, 01 October 2024
Section 14: The application Tuesday, 01 October 2024
Guidance: Patents: Manual of Patent Practice Tuesday, 01 October 2024
September 2024
Guidance: Requests for opinions: 2024 Friday, 27 September 2024
Guidance: Requests for opinions: 2024 Thursday, 26 September 2024
Official Statistics: Monthly statistics: Patents, trade marks and designs: … Wednesday, 25 September 2024
Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 7062 Wednesday, 25 September 2024
Guidance: Intellectual Property Office: privacy notices Monday, 23 September 2024
Notice: Trade marks and designs: hearing diaries Friday, 20 September 2024
Transparency data: IPO payments: 2024 Wednesday, 18 September 2024
Decision: Design hearing decision: O/0881/24 Wednesday, 18 September 2024
Statutory guidance: Registered Designs Act and Rules Wednesday, 18 September 2024
Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 7061 Wednesday, 18 September 2024
Guidance: Requests for opinions: 2024 Monday, 16 September 2024
Guidance: Patent Prosecution Highway Monday, 16 September 2024
Guidance: Patents: accelerated processing Monday, 16 September 2024
Guidance: UK overseas intellectual property attaché network Monday, 16 September 2024
Guidance: How to file documents with the Intellectual Property Office Friday, 13 September 2024
Action needed to continue using EPO Online Filing Thursday, 12 September 2024
Intellectual Property Office welcomes new IP Minister Thursday, 12 September 2024
IPO issues fresh warning to beware of misleading invoices Thursday, 12 September 2024
IPO launches bilingual website as part of Welsh language commitment Thursday, 12 September 2024
Notice: Trade marks and designs: hearing diaries Wednesday, 11 September 2024
Decision: Design hearing decision: O/0875/24 Wednesday, 11 September 2024
Decision: Trade mark disputes: unpaid costs orders Wednesday, 11 September 2024
Transparency data: IPO customer service standards Wednesday, 11 September 2024
Corporate report: Intellectual Property Office Innovation and Growth Report… Wednesday, 11 September 2024
Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 7060 Wednesday, 11 September 2024
Guidance: Requests to amend a patent after grant Wednesday, 11 September 2024
Decision: Trade mark disputes: unpaid costs orders Monday, 09 September 2024
Decision: Design hearing decision: O/0838/24 Thursday, 05 September 2024
Decision: Trade mark disputes: unpaid costs orders Thursday, 05 September 2024
Manual of trade marks practice Wednesday, 04 September 2024
The examination guide Wednesday, 04 September 2024
Notice: Trade marks and designs: hearing diaries Wednesday, 04 September 2024
Statutory guidance: Trade Marks Act 1994 Wednesday, 04 September 2024
Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 7059 Wednesday, 04 September 2024
Form: Record/cancel a change of ownership, licence or security Tuesday, 03 September 2024
Guidance: Notifying the Intellectual Property Office of a court action Tuesday, 03 September 2024
August 2024
Statutory guidance: Trade Marks Rules Friday, 30 August 2024
IPO introduces statements of grant for international designs Thursday, 29 August 2024
Guidance: Requests for opinions: 2024 Thursday, 29 August 2024
Official Statistics: Monthly statistics: Patents, trade marks and designs: … Thursday, 29 August 2024
Decision: Trade mark disputes: unpaid costs orders Thursday, 29 August 2024
Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 7058 Wednesday, 28 August 2024
Guidance: Requests for opinions: 2024 Tuesday, 27 August 2024
Decision: Design hearing decision: O/0794/24 Wednesday, 21 August 2024
Decision: Design hearing decision: O/0787/24 Wednesday, 21 August 2024
Set up a limited company: step by step Wednesday, 21 August 2024
Guidance: Requests for opinions: 2024 Wednesday, 21 August 2024