Updated: Opinion 07/18 added. Overview The table below shows information about opinion requests we have received in 2017 and what stage each request has reached. For example, you can see whether: you can file observations on a request or whether the period for doing so has expired we have issued... Continue reading
Updated: Afternoon weather update. Thursday, 1 March 2018: Due to adverse weather conditions, all IPO offices are currently closed. If you need further information on our services, please e-mail and an advisor will call you back when we re-open, or visit our website. It has also been decided that Friday,... Continue reading
Last year, government introduced world-leading legislation which made it statutory for organisations (with 250 or more employees) to report annually on their gender pay gap. This report sets out where the IPO fulfils the reporting requirements. It analyses the figures in more detail and explains what we are doing to... Continue reading
Updated: Structure chart updated. This organisation chart shows the structure of the senior management team at the IPO and their directorate responsibilities https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/intellectual-property-office-structure-chart Content Reproduced verbatim from the Website of the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) as permitted under their Terms of Use.
Updated: Tim Moss stakeholder meetings November 2017 to January 2018 added. As part of our commitment to transparency, the Chief Executive Officer of the Intellectual Property Office publishes details of his meetings with external stakeholders. This guide lists Chief Executive Officer Tim Moss’s meetings with external stakeholders. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tim-moss-external-stakeholder-meeting-schedule Content Reproduced... Continue reading
Updated: Espacenet CD ROMs removed. How to order publications and subscriptions By post to sales at the following address: Intellectual Property Office Concept House Cardiff Road Newport South Wales NP10 8QQ United Kingdom Email: sales@ipo.gov.uk (deposit account holders only) Telephone: +44(0)16 3381 3651 (deposit account holders and payment by credit/debit... Continue reading
Updated: Design Decision o/101/18 added. Decisions published between 1998 – 2012 are available on the National Archives. Please note, no decisions were issued during 2003 https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/designs-decisions Content Reproduced verbatim from the Website of the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) as permitted under their Terms of Use.
The information is based on payment date and published in monthly comma delimited files. Each record is made up of standard fields which are used across all departments. These are: department family – The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy entity – The Intellectual Property Office date – payment... Continue reading
This guide offers information on the future of intellectual property (IP) laws following the decision that the UK will leave the European Union (EU). The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) continues to contribute fully to the government’s work towards exiting the EU. It has a clear goal of ensuring an effective... Continue reading
On 19 September 2017, in a decision of Mr. Allan James issued on behalf of the Registrar, a trade mark application filed by CKL Holdings NV was refused following an opposition by a third party on the grounds that the application was filed in ‘bad faith’. The Hearing Officer determined... Continue reading
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