Updated: Regulations laid in Parliament. The Trade Secrets Directive seeks to address the uneven protection of trade secrets across the EU. It provides minimum standards for measures, procedures and remedies that holders of trade secrets can rely on in cases of unlawful acquisition, use, or disclosure. The government has launched... Continue reading
Updated: Response document published. As the government sets out its plans for an ambitious new industrial strategy, the IPO is seeking views to form part of our contribution to the next phase of the strategy. We are looking for your views on a range of specific ways we can get... Continue reading
The government published a response on 21 May 2018 to its call for views on intellectual property (IP). The call for views was to identify what more the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) could do to help encourage innovation, creativity and joint-working. Over 50 responses were received from IP attorneys, trade... Continue reading
These privacy notices will help you to understand: what personal data the IPO collects about you how the IPO uses this personal data what rights you have regarding the personal data we hold about you If you have any questions, or would like to enforce any of your rights, please... Continue reading
Updated: Form TM3A updated. Do not use this form if the trade mark has already been registered. Fee sheet Fee payable forms must be accompanied with a completed fee sheet. Cost £50: Per class https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/application-to-add-extra-classes Content Reproduced verbatim from the Website of the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) as... Continue reading
These are notices which appear for a limited number of weeks. They include Intellectual Property policy announcements and recent additions to the British Library. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/patent-journal-special-notices-6728 Content Reproduced verbatim from the Website of the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) as permitted under their Terms of Use.
I am delighted to be here on World Intellectual Property Day; my first as IP Minister. And I’m delighted to see such a wide cross-section of our IP community here today, including 2 former IP Ministers and the Chair of the All Party Parliamentary IP Group Pete Wishart, each of... Continue reading
Updated: Grant fee for patent application (From 34) and updates to costs for Online forms and Patent applications with reviewed date of April 2018 added. Use this guide to find details of all our patent forms, cost for both online and paper transactions and when they were last updated. Fee... Continue reading
Updated: Costs updated. Fee sheet Fee payable forms must be accompanied with a completed fee sheet. Online Available online renew a patent Cost £70 – £610 dependent how long since patent filing date. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/payment-of-renewal-fee Content Reproduced verbatim from the Website of the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) as permitted... Continue reading
Updated: Costs and guidance updated. Fee sheet Fee payable forms must be accompanied with a completed fee sheet. Cost There is no need to pay any fee at the time of filing this form, but if you pay the application fee now it is reduced as shown below. Application fee... Continue reading
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