• News story: The IPO reveals Wallace & Gromit’s Cracking Ideas competition winners 2022

    The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) and Aardman are delighted to announce the winners of the 2022 ‘Wallace & Gromit’s Cracking Ideas’ competition. The competition challenges youngsters to come up with an invention, support the awareness and understanding of IP rights through Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) subjects for Key... Continue reading

     
  • Press release: UK Intellectual Property Office joins WIPOS global brands database

    This follows a co-operation agreement signed by the UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) and World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) at the General Assemblies in Geneva today. The Global Brands Database is an online resource made freely available by WIPO. It provides access to more than 50 million records, from some... Continue reading

     
  • Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 6947

    We use some essential cookies to make this website work. We’d like to set additional cookies to understand how you use GOV.UK, remember your settings and improve government services. We also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver content from their services. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/patent-journal-special-notices-6947 Content Reproduced verbatim from... Continue reading

     
  • News story: IPO announces new board appointments

    Adam’s appointment will take affect from 1 September 2022, and follows the forthcoming departure of current Chief Executive Tim Moss, who is joining the Welsh Government as Chief Operating Officer and Director General. Adam will assume responsibilities over the next few months while open competition to find a permanent appointment... Continue reading

     
  • News story: Transformation update July 2022

    IPO is entering a new era as we’ve just appointed a new Interim CEO and Deputy CEO. That goes for our digital services too, as we start the process of building brand new services, with the new patents service now less than two years away from launching. Some things aren’t... Continue reading

     
  • Press release: Designs framework call for views

    The designs framework enables rights holders to protect designs and enforce their rights. The call for views sought views and evidence on opportunities to improve the designs framework in the UK. This will help the government ensure the UK’s designs framework works for the designers, businesses and consumers that use... Continue reading

     
  • News story: Service issues resolved

    We use some essential cookies to make this website work. We’d like to set additional cookies to understand how you use GOV.UK, remember your settings and improve government services. We also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver content from their services. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/services-issues Content Reproduced verbatim from... Continue reading

     
  • Guidance: IP in Australia

    This page provides practical information to help you make the most of your IP when doing business in Australia. If you plan to do business in Australia, or if you are already trading there, it is essential to know how to manage and enforce your IP as private property rights.... Continue reading

     
  • Formalities Manual (online version)

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  • Chapter 4: Description, claims and abstract

    4.27 One or more claims and an abstract should be filed within 12 months of the earliest date of the application or within 2 months of the date of filing of the application, whichever is longer (s.15(10) and r.22(1)). The claims and abstract do not have to be filed together.... Continue reading