• Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 7083

    Publication date 19 February 2025. Get emails about this page Documents Patent Journal special notices: 7083, 19 February 2025 RTF, 118 KB Details These are notices which appear for a limited number of weeks. They include Intellectual Property policy announcements and recent additions to the British Library. Updates to this... Continue reading

     
  • Decision: Design hearing decision: O/0131/25

    Outcome of request to invalidate, hearing held on 13 February 2025. Get emails about this page Documents Design Decision O/0131/25 PDF, 757 KB, 18 pages Details Litigants Diyana Popova v Zeyshan Mahmoud Hearing Officer Leisa Davies Note Every effort is made to ensure design hearing decisions have been accurately recorded,... Continue reading

     
  • Guidance: Requests for opinions: 2025

    Information about opinions requests we have received this year. Get emails about this page Contents Further information 2025 requests Print this page The table below shows information about opinion requests we have received in 2025 and what stage each request has reached. For example, you can see whether: you can... Continue reading

     
  • Case study: Intellectual Property: SafeGlam

    Case study Intellectual Property: SafeGlam From personal experience to SafeGlam: Why business graduate Giorgia Flora Aloi chose to launch a platform to educate consumers about counterfeit goods. Giorgia Flora Aloi is a business graduate, who recently completed her Master’s in Applied Imagination at Central Saint Martin’s. During this time, she... Continue reading

     
  • Notice: Patent Journal special notices: 7081

    Publication date 5 February 2025. Get emails about this page Documents Patent Journal special notices: 7081, 5 February 2025 RTF, 154 KB Details These are notices which appear for a limited number of weeks. They include Intellectual Property policy announcements and recent additions to the British Library. Updates to this... Continue reading

     
  • Set up a private limited company

    A limited company is a company ‘limited by shares’ or ‘limited by guarantee’. Limited by shares Limited by shares companies are usually businesses that make a profit. This means the company: is legally separate from the people who run it has separate finances from your personal ones has shares and... Continue reading

     
  • Official Statistics: Monthly statistics: Patents, trade marks and designs: December 2024

    These statistics include monthly data for patents, trade marks and designs. Get emails about this page Documents Monthly statistics: Patents, trade marks and designs: December 2024 MS Excel Spreadsheet, 95.6 KB This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology. Request an accessible format. If you use assistive... Continue reading

     
  • Decision: Design hearing decision: O/0043/25

    Outcome of request to invalidate, hearing held on 16 January 2025. Get emails about this page Documents Design Decision O/0043/25 PDF, 355 KB, 15 pages Details Litigants Shenzhen Shengtaixi Trading Co., Ltd  V  Tilco Trading PTE. Ltd Hearing Officer Allan James Note Every effort is made to ensure design hearing... Continue reading

     
  • Guidance: Monitoring patent applications

    Monitor the progress of a patent application through search reports, open to the public inspection files, and caveats. Get emails about this page Contents Overview Patent search reports OPI files Caveats Print this page Overview You can monitor a patent application to see how it is progressing, for example before... Continue reading

     
  • Chapter 6: Declaration of priority

    Chapter 6: Declaration of priority Sections (6.01 – 6.66) last updated: July 2020. Introduction 6.01 An applicant may seek to establish a “priority date” for an application in accordance with s.5 of the Patents Act 1977. The applicant must normally do this at the time of filing under rule 6(1).... Continue reading