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An unofficial consolidated version of the Design right (unregistered) sections of part 3 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
Information on designs hearings including costs and how to appeal against an outcome.
Guidance for businesses who have unregistered Community designs.
The IPO has developed tools, guidance and teaching resources for primary, secondary, further and higher education, researchers and university management.
This guide explains the Intellectual Property practice under the Registered Designs Act 1949 and the Registered Design Rules 2006.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in China.
Anyone has the right to object and challenge someone else’s design.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in Pakistan.
To help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in Vietnam.
Invalidation or cancellation, is the legal process which allows anyone to try and remove a design from our register
Benefit from your design by licensing, mortgaging, selling, changing ownership and exploit by marketing.
The following certificates were issued on 27 March 2020 and 8 July 2020 by the Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks.
Your chances of obtaining a useful patent are significantly greater if you use an attorney. A patent specification is a legal document and requires specialist skills to draft properly.
Information to help you protect, manage, and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in the UAE.
Information to help you protect, manage, and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in Saudi Arabia.
Highlighting Trading Standards annual IP crime survey results and successful IP cases in the UK.
Intellectual property insurance may not be appropriate for every business however you may find that IP insurance has numerous benefits.
Directions to direct the form and manner in which patent, trade mark and designs forms and documents can be submitted by e-mail.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in Indonesia.
A change to practice in proceedings before the Registrar’s Tribunal.
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