Section 106: Costs and expenses in proceedings before the Court Legal Proceedings. (1) In proceedings to which this section applies, the court, in determining whether to award costs or expenses to any party and what costs or expenses to award, shall have regard to all the relevant circumstances, including the... Continue reading
Section 1: Patentability Sections (1.01 – 1.47) last updated: October 2024. Section 1: Patentable inventions 1.01 The Patents Act 1977 sets out for the first time to codify what is meant by a patentable invention. Previous legislation up to and including the 1949 Act had merely repeated the stipulation, originally... Continue reading
Publication date 25 September 2024. Get emails about this page Documents Patent Journal special notices: 7062, 25 September 2024 RTF, 117 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
Your European Patent Office (EPO) smart card will expire soon. Read our September update on the actions you need to take. September 2024 update From 30 September 2024 you will no longer be able to renew eOLF Smart Cards that have expired. To continue filing with the IPO via... Continue reading
English Cymraeg Feryal Clark announced as the new IP Minister. The Intellectual Property Office welcomes the announcement that Feryal Clark MP has been appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Science, Innovation, and Technology, with responsibility for intellectual property. Adam Williams, Chief Executive and Comptroller-General of the... Continue reading
Outcome of request to invalidate, hearing held on 30 August 2024. Get emails about this page Documents Design Decision O/0838/24 PDF, 494 KB, 15 pages Details Litigants Madimah Limited v Muhammad Asghar Ali Hearing Officer Judi Pike Note Every effort is made to ensure design hearing decisions have been accurately... Continue reading
Use this form to record a change of ownership or to record or cancel a licence or security Get emails about this page Documents DF12A PDF, 206 KB, 3 pages Guidance for completing DF12A HTML Details Use this form to ask us to record changes in the ownership of designs,... Continue reading
This guidance explains why and how a party in an intellectual property case must notify the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) about the case. Get emails about this page Contents Introduction When the IPO should be notified Who should notify the IPO, and what should be provided How to... Continue reading
Statements provide evidence and faster certainty that an international design registration has been accepted. The Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs allows you to protect a design in many different countries through a single application to the World Intellectual Property Organization. International registrations are assessed by each... Continue reading
Publication date 28 August 2024. Get emails about this page Documents Patent Journal special notices: 7058, 28 August 2024 RTF, 117 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
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