• News story: Service issues resolved

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  • Guidance: IP in Australia

    This page provides practical information to help you make the most of your IP when doing business in Australia. If you plan to do business in Australia, or if you are already trading there, it is essential to know how to manage and enforce your IP as private property rights.... Continue reading

     
  • Formalities Manual (online version)

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  • Chapter 4: Description, claims and abstract

    4.27 One or more claims and an abstract should be filed within 12 months of the earliest date of the application or within 2 months of the date of filing of the application, whichever is longer (s.15(10) and r.22(1)). The claims and abstract do not have to be filed together.... Continue reading

     
  • Statutory guidance: Forms directions under the Designs, Patents and Trade Marks Acts

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  • Decision: Design hearing decision O/534/22

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  • Decision: Design hearing decision O/522/22

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  • Press release: IPO’s IP rights examination backlog brought to zero

    In May, the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) cleared its examination backlogs for the first time in several years. Backlogs refers to cases that take longer than IPO’s service standards. It follows two of the busiest years in IPO’s history, where record numbers of applications and change requests were received. Clearing... Continue reading

     
  • Transparency data: IPO payments: 2022

    Published 31 March 2022 Last updated 13 June 2022 + show all updates 13 June 2022 Payments for March 2022 and April 2022 added. 31 March 2022 First published. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ipo-payments-2022 Content Reproduced verbatim from the Website of the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) as permitted under their Terms of Use.

     
  • Promotional material: Business events

    Published 23 September 2014 Last updated 31 May 2022 + show all updates 31 May 2022 IP Basics Bitesize: Trademarks, 30 June 2022 and IP Basics Bitesize: Patents, 30 June 2022 events added. 19 May 2022 IP Basics Bitesize: Deigns, 26 May 2022 and IP Basics Bitesize: Copyright, 26 May 2022... Continue reading