• Decision: Designs hearing decision O/373/19

    Litigants Gavin Frankland V Lambretta Club Great Britain Hearing office Oliver Morris Note Every effort is made to ensure design hearing decisions have been accurately recorded, but some errors may have been introduced during conversion for the web. Copies of any documents annexed to a decision are available from: Tribunal... Continue reading

     
  • Statutory guidance: Trade Marks Rules

    The Trade Marks Rules 2008 came into force on 1 October 2008 and these rules revoke and replace the Trade Marks Rules 2000. Rule 83 of the Trade Marks Rules 2008 gives transitional provisions in respect of those cases where legal proceedings were commenced before the introduction of the new... Continue reading

     
  • Speech: Supporting UK Business

    Thank you for the introduction, and thank you Matthew (Bassiur) for your warm welcome this morning. My thanks too to the whole Alibaba Group, together with the government agencies and enforcement bodies, for arranging and hosting us today. It’s my pleasure to stand here today as the Minister for both... Continue reading

     
  • Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 6787

    Publication date 19 June 2019. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/patent-journal-special-notices-6787 Content Reproduced verbatim from the Website of the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) as permitted under their Terms of Use.

     
  • Research and analysis: Exhaustion of intellectual property rights: a feasibility study

    The IPO has commissioned an independent feasibility study to inform the government’s assessment and analysis of possible options for a future intellectual property rights exhaustion regime following exit from the EU. The study finds that the data available on the extent and scale of parallel trade is limited. It does... Continue reading

     
  • Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 6786

    Publication date 12 June 2019. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/patent-journal-special-notices-6786 Content Reproduced verbatim from the Website of the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) as permitted under their Terms of Use.

     
  • Transparency data: IPO payments: 2019

    Published 15 March 2019 Last updated 12 June 2019 + show all updates 12 June 2019 Payments for March, April and May 2019 added. 22 March 2019 Payments for February 2019 added. 15 March 2019 First published. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ipo-payments-2019 Content Reproduced verbatim from the Website of the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office... Continue reading

     
  • Guidance: Protecting Intellectual Property Rights on e-commerce stores

    Understand how Alibaba, Amazon, eBay and Facebook help rights holders protect their intellectual property. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/protecting-intellectual-property-rights-on-e-commerce-stores Content Reproduced verbatim from the Website of the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) as permitted under their Terms of Use.

     
  • Decision: Designs hearing decision O/323/19

    Litigants Fil Baldowski V Gordon McSherry Hearing office Oliver Morris Note Every effort is made to ensure design hearing decisions have been accurately recorded, but some errors may have been introduced during conversion for the web. Copies of any documents annexed to a decision are available from: Tribunal Section Intellectual... Continue reading

     
  • Detailed guide: Before you apply for a patent

    To get the most benefit from a patent, you need a business plan for making money from it. If only a few people will buy your invention, the cost of getting and keeping a granted patent could be more than the money you will make. You also need to ensure... Continue reading