• 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

     
  • Guidance: Retention and disposal policy for patent and trade mark related records

    Background The Intellectual Property Office has a routine policy in line with the Public Records Act 1958 (as amended) for the disposal of all documents in paper and electronic format where they are not retained by the National Archives. In addition, the office has routinely disposed of paper patent documents... Continue reading

     
  • Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 6783

    Publication date 22 May 2019. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/patent-journal-special-notices-6783 Content Reproduced verbatim from the Website of the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) as permitted under their Terms of Use.

     
  • Corporate report: Intellectual Property Office Corporate Plan 2019 to 2020

    Innovation will help the UK to seize the opportunities and confront the challenges of the modern age. The UK’s intellectual property regime is central to innovation. It gives inventors, creatives, and entrepreneurs, the confidence to invest in innovation and reap the benefits of their investments. The UK already has one... Continue reading

     
  • Guidance: Patents: filing proceeding at the IPO

    Published 20 December 2013 Last updated 24 April 2019 + show all updates 24 April 2019 Replaced ‘Patents: deciding disputes’ booklet due to re-branding. 20 December 2013 First published. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/patents-filing-proceeding-at-the-ipo Content Reproduced verbatim from the Website of the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) as permitted under their Terms of Use.

     
  • Guidance: UK-China Intellectual Property Newsletter

    Published 29 October 2013 Last updated 4 April 2019 + show all updates 4 April 2019 New report March 2019 uploaded 11 March 2019 China IP Newsletter February 2019 updated 25 April 2018 updated 2 February 2018 Updated 18 December 2017 updated 18 September 2017 Updated. 18 September 2017 Updated. 28... Continue reading