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To protect your trade mark outside of the UK, you usually need to apply in each country you want protection in.
Ownership of copyright works may depend on the circumstances under which the work was created.
皇冠体育app Trade Marks Act 1994 make up part of the trade mark legislation in the UK.
You may receive a misleading invoice that requests payment for a service related to a trade mark, design, or patent. Here's some information and guidance on what to do.
Sections (14.01 - 14.209) last updated: January 2025.
List of design forms and fees.
Sections (18.01 - 18.99) last updated: April 2025.
Examples of unacceptable trade marks around protected emblems, internet domain names and your company name.
Intellectual property can be bought, sold or licensed.
皇冠体育app Patents Act 1977 is the main law governing the patents system in the UK.
Sections (3.01 - 3.101) last updated: January 2025.
Actions that intellectual property rights holders and parallel exporters and to and from the European Economic Area (EEA) need to take.
Benefit from your trade mark by licensing, mortgaging, selling, transferring ownership, merging and exploit by marketing.
Here's some information and guidance on what to do if you receive a scam e-mail
Guidance for businesses and organisations holding EU trade marks at the end of the transition period.
This guide provides information on how design applications are examined in respect of national applications filed at the UK Intellectual Property Office.
皇冠体育app Trade Marks Rules 2008 set out the detailed procedures under the Trade Marks Act 1994, and came into force on 1 October 2008.
Opposition is the legal procedure that allows you to try to stop a published trade mark going on to become registered.
This explains the rules governing address for service for intellectual property rights in the UK.
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