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
Outcome of request to invalidate, hearing held on 19 August 2024. Get emails about this page Documents Design Decision O/0794/24 PDF, 195 KB, 5 pages Details Litigants Nima Aran v Zeyshan Mahmoud Hearing Officer Matthew Williams Note Every effort is made to ensure design hearing decisions have been accurately recorded,... Continue reading
Outcome of request to invalidate, hearing held on 16 August 2024. Get emails about this page Documents Design Decision O/0787/24 PDF, 300 KB, 16 pages Details Litigants Fancy-IT Agencies Ltd v Tradelink Global Limited (formerly Sterun Ltd) Hearing Officer Clare Boucher Note Every effort is made to ensure design hearing... Continue reading
Publication date 14 August 2024. Get emails about this page Documents Patent Journal special notices: 7056, 14 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
Outcome of request to invalidate, hearing held on 12 August 2024. Get emails about this page Documents Design Decision O/0733/24 PDF, 305 KB, 18 pages Details Litigants The Vault Mart Ltd v Adonis Consulting Ltd Hearing Officer Heather Harrison Note Every effort is made to ensure design hearing decisions have... Continue reading
Customers should not pay these, and should always report them to the IPO. Intellectual Property Office (IPO) issues fresh alert to beware of unsolicited payment requests figures show a recent surge in such requests reported by customers – up 63% on same period last year IPO publishes updated guidance and... Continue reading
Back to contents Classification information Section last updated: November 2020. 1. Introduction and purpose The purpose of these instructions is to give details on the classification team procedures and to ensure consistent and uniform working procedures are adopted. It sets out the best working practice for the various procedures and... Continue reading
Information on changes to IPO practice on examination of inventions involving Artificial Neural Networks. Get emails about this page Documents Examining patent applications involving artificial neural networks HTML Details On 19 July 2024 the Court of Appeal handed down its judgment in Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks v... Continue reading
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