• Detailed guide: Intellectual property and Brexit

    Guidance on trade marks, designs, patents right law, and exhaustion of IP rights after Brexit. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/intellectual-property-and-brexit Content Reproduced verbatim from the Website of the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) as permitted under their Terms of Use.

     
  • Press release: ‘Cracking Ideas’ competition launched for young inventors.

    The competition is open for youngsters aged 5 to 11 to design an invention that ‘makes life better’. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/cracking-ideas-competition-launched-for-young-inventors Content Reproduced verbatim from the Website of the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) as permitted under their Terms of Use.

     
  • News story: 1 November 2019: Update to the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) fees

    The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) fee structure changes on 1 November 2019. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/1-november-2019-update-to-the-patent-cooperation-treaty-pct-fees 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/571/19

    Outcome of request to invalidate, hearing held on 27 September 2019. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/designs-hearing-decision-o57119 Content Reproduced verbatim from the Website of the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) as permitted under their Terms of Use.

     
  • Research and analysis: Gender profiles in worldwide patenting: An analysis of female inventorship (2019 edition)

    This report provides experimental statistics of recent trends in female inventorship across the world and in the UK. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/gender-profiles-in-worldwide-patenting-an-analysis-of-female-inventorship-2019-edition Content Reproduced verbatim from the Website of the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) as permitted under their Terms of Use.

     
  • Regulation (EC) No 1610/96 of the European Parliament and of the council (Plant Protection Products)

    Section (SPP0.01 – SPP21.01) last updated: October 2019. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/manual-of-patent-practice-mopp/regulation-ec-no-1610-96-of-the-european-parliament-and-of-the-council-plant-protection-products Content Reproduced verbatim from the Website of the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) as permitted under their Terms of Use.

     
  • Section 21: Observations by third party on patentability

    Sections (21.01 – 21.26) last updated: October 2019. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/manual-of-patent-practice-mopp/section-21-observations-by-third-party-on-patentability Content Reproduced verbatim from the Website of the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) as permitted under their Terms of Use.

     
  • Section 41: Amount of compensation

    Sections (41.01 – 41.11) last updated: October 2019. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/manual-of-patent-practice-mopp/section-41-amount-of-compensation Content Reproduced verbatim from the Website of the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) as permitted under their Terms of Use.

     
  • Section 39: Right to employees’ inventions

    Sections (39.01 – 39.13) last updated: October 2019. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/manual-of-patent-practice-mopp/section-39-right-to-employees-inventions Content Reproduced verbatim from the Website of the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) as permitted under their Terms of Use.

     
  • Section 17: Search

    Sections (17.01 – 17.123) last updated: October 2019. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/manual-of-patent-practice-mopp/section-17-search Content Reproduced verbatim from the Website of the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) as permitted under their Terms of Use.