Marking of Patented Products in the UK In the UK, marking a product with details of a granted patent that has been obtained for that product may deter potential infringers from copying the product and may further improve the ...
Frequently asked questions Understanding your company’s intellectual property (‘IP’) assets and, more importantly, how to protect them is an essential consideration for any business - from new start-ups to ...
Patentability of Software and Business Method Inventions in Europe This information is available in Korean. This page describes the current approach of the European Patent Office (EPO) concerning the patentability of software and business method inventions ...
Validity & infringement opinions from the UKIPO Download flowchart of the procedure - Validity and Infringement Opinions The UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) has a procedure to provide independent, non-binding opinions on ...
Plant Variety Rights and Patents for Plant-Related Inventions A plant variety right is an intellectual property right for the exclusive exploitation of a named plant variety. As with other IP rights, plant variety rights are intended to promote and ...
Registration of UK Patents & Designs It is possible to register UK national patents, European patents (UK) and UK registered designs in a number of other states and territories. This page lists the states and territories in ...
Experimental Use Exemption in the Pharmaceutical and Biotech Industries This information is available in Korean. Amendments to the UK Patents Act which came into force on 1 October 2014 have extended the scope of the so-called ‘Bolar’ exemption from patent ...
Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs) & Patent Term Extensions (PTEs) Over 60 countries worldwide offer the possibility of patent term extensions (PTEs or SPCs) for medicinal product patents. “Supplementary Protection Certificate” (SPC) is the name given to ...
Restrictions on the Filing of Patent Applications Abroad by United Kingdom Residents This page provides information on the rules governing the filing of patent applications outside the UK by United Kingdom residents, and our approach to such applications.
Accelerated Prosecution Our pages ‘UK Patents - The Basics’ and ‘European Patents - The Basics’ set out in detail the various procedural steps involved in obtaining UK and European patents, along with the likely ...
Licence of Right This page explains the consequences of a UK patent before the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) and a German patent before the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA), (whether ...
UK Patents - The Basics Download process flow diagram A UK patent is a legal right granted by the UK Intellectual Property Office for a new invention. It allows the owner of the patent (the patentee) to take legal ...