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- Press releases 2010
- New rules make Copyright Tribunal faster, cheaper and fairer
- UK and Japan pave the way for a permanent Patent Prosecution Highway
- UK and US announce action plan to reduce global patent backlogs
- Global iconic brands leverage their Intellectual Property
- Glasgow Science Centre announces new cracking exhibition "Wallace and Gromit presents...A World of Cracking Ideas"
- IPeuropeAware helps North West businesses achieve their goals
- Protect your ideas, safeguard your business
- Revised patent and trade mark fees continue to encourage innovation
- Press releases 2009
- New Chief Executive appointed at Intellectual Property Office
- Have a REAL Happy Christmas, don't buy fakes!
- New copyright proposals look to benefit educational and research institutions
- Lammy helps negotiate breakthrough on new European Patent
- IPO serves up more free IP support for UK businesses
- Government announces change in copyright law for third sector and not-for-profit organisations
- Lammy Celebrates Success of UK Brands
- Education, enforcement and new business models essential to tackling unlawful filesharing
- Intellectual Property Office's Cracking Ideas campaign wins top award
- UK extends the derogation on Artists Resale Right for two years
- Intellectual Property Office Intelligence Hub scoops BPI Award for their continued efforts to combat music piracy
- Intellectual Property Office (IPO) seeking stakeholder views on IP Supplement to UNCITRAL guide
- First Minister Rhodri Morgan guest of honour as ideas of the future are buried in Newport
- Over the moon as kids predict a future of robots, hover boards and pedal powered TVs
- New fast lane for applications thanks to a new UK and South Korea Patent Highway
- Cheaper, faster patents improve business efficiency
- Cheaper, easier trade marks help protect business assets
- UK National Statement for WIPO General Assemblies
- UK and Brazil set to continue bilateral co-operation on intellectual property
- Intellectual Property Office service issues its 100th opinion to Dyson
- UK and China talks on joint R&D to tackle climate change
- Intellectual Property Office to host free awareness event in Halifax
- Partnership - The key to protecting the creative industries
- Structure of patent fees reviewed in Intellectual Property Office consultation announced today
- Lammy - urgent action needed to tackle global challenges
- New trade mark services from the Intellectual Property Office make it cheaper and faster to kick start small businesses
- Partnership work and shared intelligence is key to combating IP crime
- Tougher penalties for online Copyright Infringement proposed as part of Digital Britain package
- New UK-Korea agreement to speed up patent granting process
- Intellectual Property Office appoints new non executive directors
- Awareness drive launched in fight against counterfeiting and piracy
- Copyright debate goes online
- UK 'Green' inventions to get fast-tracked through patent system
- Calling all young inventors!
- Reform of Copyright Tribunal Rules
- Net named number one
- Cracking exhibition launches at the Science Museum
- The availability, affordability and protection of content in Digital Britain
- Consultation on trade mark and patent fees
- Intellectual Property Office launches online toolkit
- New UK-China IP deals to help business exploit new ideas
- New business toolkit launched
- New patent web databases
- Press releases 2008
- UK seeks two year extension on Artist's Resale Right
- Research finds UK business is complacent to IP crime
- New debate looks to ensure UK's creative competitiveness in 21st century
- UK's top young inventors enjoy Wallace and Gromit preview screening
- Intellectual Property Office refreshed website and logo
- Cracking Ideas competition, winner
- Cracking Ideas competition, Wolverhampton
- Cracking Ideas competition, Whitley Bay
- Cracking Ideas competition, Scotland
- Cracking Ideas competition, Kent
- Cracking Ideas competition, Dorset
- Cracking Ideas competition, Wales
- Artist's Resale Right
- UK-IPO helps tackle IP crime
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- Cracking Ideas competition, Midlands and East winner
- Cracking Ideas competition, Wales winner
- Cracking Ideas competition, North East winner
- Cracking Ideas competition, North West winner
- Cracking Ideas competition, Scotland winner
- Cracking Ideas competition, South East winner
- Cracking Ideas competition, South West winner
- IP competition for students
- A grand day out
- Unlocking business potential
- UK-IPO Appoints New Director
- Unlocking the value of innovation
- Extending the term of copyright
- Visits of HRH and Duke of York
- Modernisation of Trade Marks Rules
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- The Artist's Resale Right
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- World Anti-counterfeiting day
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- INTA 2008
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- Five-year-old sweeps up patent
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- UK-IPO hits five year peak
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- New Minister of IP visits Newport
- Change in UK-IPO Practice
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- Consulting on the future of copyright
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- Press releases 2007
- New on-line patent services
- British business boosted
- Patent law changes
- Christmas shoppers warned
- Cracking Idea 2007
- Fewer expensive patent translations
- Cracking idea by Devon school
- Cracking idea by Maidstone school
- Cracking idea by Blackpool school
- Cracking idea by Whitley Bay school
- Cracking idea by Newport school
- Cracking idea by Cambridgeshire school
- Simplified Trade Mark law
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- Patent Highway between the UK and USA
- New Trade Mark legislation
- The fight against Intellectual Property Crime
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- New Minister of Innovation
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- THINK kit winners rewarded
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- Awareness Campaign visits Belfast
- Awareness Campaign visits Londonderry
- Dragon's Den style entrepreneurs
- Boosting intellectual property awareness
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- Think kit Competition is a winner
- Awareness Campaign visits Leeds
- Small businesses urged to mind their IP
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- Patent Office 2006 Review
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- PO Intellectual Property Awareness Campaign visits Newport
- Wicks targets bootleggers with £5M crackdown
- PO launches a dynamic digital format of the THINK kit
- Inventive step response published today
- Small firms to get IP health checks
- Intellectual Property Awareness Campaign visits Macclesfield
- Patent Office launches Think kit 2007 Competition
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- Minister warns Intellectual Property pirates
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- Greater co-operation with India on IPR
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- What is PDAS?
- Who will be able to use the service?
- What is the difference between an OFF and an OSF?
- What are the benefits for applicants?
- How do I register my application into the System?
- Will the receipt include confirmation of selection?
- How and when do I obtain my unique "Access Code"?
- Can I use the Access Code to view my priority documents in the digital library?
- How do I make the priority documents available for accessibility to the Office of Second Filing?
- Can I select "all" participating countries?
- If more countries start participating in PDAS will I need to add these countries?
- How do I request the Intellectual Property Office to retrieve a PDAS priority document?
- Will the Intellectual Property Office tell me that they received a copy of the priority document?
- What if the applicant incorrectly declares that a document is held in PDAS?
- What happens if the applicant fails to authorise the Intellectual Property Office to retrieve a priority document?
- Will the OSF take a copy for their file?
- Can I use the SFD electronic filing module to subsequently request OFF participation?
- How will confidentiality be ensured?
- What is WIPO's archiving/deletion policy for priority documents on PDAS?
- What happens when a first filed application is withdrawn in the OFF (before 'A' publication)?
- What if things go wrong?
- What costs will be associated with the service?
- Can PDAS only be used for the secure transfer of Patent Priority Documents?
- Can I withdraw my patent application from the PDAS system after it has been registered?
- For PDAS support or further information, who can I contact?
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