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- Speeding up UK patent applications
- The trade mark symbol
- What is a Community Registered Design (CRD)?
- What is a European Patent?
- What is a European Trade Mark (EUTM)?
- Can a patent be restored after renewal payments are missed?
- Intellectual Property Solicitors
- Use of Reference Numerals in Patent Specifications
- Claim amendments during PCT application procedure
- Licence as of right
- What are the implications of Brexit on IP rights?
- Excess claim and page fees
- Legal protection for coats of arms
- Trade mark notice of threatened oppposition TM7A
- UK Trade Mark Invalidation
- Early Requests for Unitary Patent
- The importance of a UK address for service
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Speeding up UK patent applications
The statutory maximum timescale for prosecuting a UK patent application
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What is a Community Registered Design (CRD)?
Community Registered Designs are obtained by making an application to the
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What is a European Patent?
European patents are granted by the European Patent Office (EPO). The
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What is a European Trade Mark (EUTM)?
Trade mark applications covering the whole of the European Community are
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Can a patent be restored after renewal payments are missed?
To maintain UK patents after grant, payment of an annual renewal fee to
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Intellectual Property Solicitors
What is an Intellectual Property Solicitor and what do they do?
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Use of Reference Numerals in Patent Specifications
Patent specifications disclose inventions to the public and usually
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Claim amendments during PCT application procedure
International patent applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty
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Licence as of right
The UK Patent Office has a database of patents that are endorsed ‘licence
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What are the implications of Brexit on IP rights?
On Thursday June 23, 2016 the voting public of the United Kingdom made the
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Excess claim and page fees
Excess claims and page fees are now payable at both the European Patent
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Legal protection for coats of arms
Could a 500-year-old law affect your trade mark? Usually, the go-to
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Trade mark notice of threatened oppposition TM7A
What do you need to do if you have filed a trade mark application at the
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Early Requests for Unitary Patent
The European Patent Office (EPO) is now accepting early designations of
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The importance of a UK address for service
Following a recent Tribunal Practice Notice issued by the UKIPO, Dr.
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