Welcome to IPO’s online support tools. These have been designed to help you:

  • Understand how IP works and what can be protected using patents, copyright, trade marks and designs
  • Understand how to manage and use IP
  • Consider IP within business planning
  • Best leverage IP to protect investments and products

The tools are designed for businesses, business advisors, students, lecturers, civil and crown servants although they will be helpful for anyone learning how to manage or use IP.

 

This website hosts the Intellectual Property Office’s (IPO) online support tools only. Please see the website Terms and Conditions that apply to this website. This website is not the IPO’s rights granting services. To access the IPO’s rights granting services visit ipo.gov.uk Some different terms and conditions apply to use of the IPO’s rights granting services. You will need to log-in separately to access the IPO’s rights granting services. We recommend setting a strong and separate password for your IPO rights granting service log-in.

 

They are free to use and once registered, you will have access to the following resources:

News

Transformation II Consultation: Government response published

The IPO has achieved another significant milestone in its digital transformation journey, with the publication of the government's response to its second transformation consultation. Thank you to all who contributed. 
 

Read the full Government response 

 

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Kids Invent Stuff x Taskmaster Education Competition

Seven-year-old Callie from Manchester won the nationwide competition to help Little Alex Horne become the best Taskmaster's Assistant. The IPO-supported competition invited young people to submit invention ideas, with the winning concept to be built in real life. 

Read the press release about the competition winner

Winning bathtub invention featuring Alex and Ruth