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The Intellectual Property Office can help you get the right type of protection for your creation or invention.

Intellectual Property (IP) results from the expression of an idea. So IP might be a brand, an invention, a design, a song or another intellectual creation. IP can be owned, bought and sold. But how can that help you? See Why use IP?

The Intellectual Property Office is part of the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills External Link.



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IP App Find out how our new IP App can help identify and understand how IP can work for you.

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