Patents, trade marks, copyright and design
Trade marks
Introduction to trade marking – how to choose, search for, register and protect trade marks in the UK or abroad
Trade mark tips for beginners
12 things that small business owners need to know in order to protect and manage their valuable trade marks
Manage your registered trade mark
How to renew, amend and manage registered trade marks, add new classes of goods and services and deal with trade mark infringement
Domain name and trade mark conflicts
Intellectual property issues related to internet domain names, including relationship and conflicts between trade marks and domain names
EU trade mark protection and comparable UK trade marks
Guidance for businesses and organisations holding EU trade marks at the end of the transition period
Changes to international trade mark registrations
Overview of the rules governing international trade mark registrations protected in the EU under the Madrid Protocol
Trade marks and geographical indications
Guidance for businesses and organisations on the relationship between trade marks and geographical indications (GIs)
Design right and registration
How to protect the value of your designs through unregistered design rights and design registration
Protect your registered designs
How to protect your registered designs, manage your design rights and defend your designs against infringement
Changes to unregistered designs
Overview of the rules governing unregistered Community designs in the UK
Changes to EU and international designs and trade mark protection
Guidance for businesses holding registered Community designs and international trade marks and designs.
International EU protected designs
Guidance on the changes for businesses and holders of international EU protected designs
Get patent protection for your business
Find out how to patent a product, and protect your ideas or inventions by applying for a patent and securing your patent rights
How to manage your patents
How to use and manage your patents, protect your inventions and commercialise your patented work
The Patent Box
How to apply a lower rate of Corporation Tax to profits earned from patented inventions and certain other innovations
Supplementary protection certificates (SPCs) and the Northern Ireland Protocol
How the Northern Ireland Protocol affects supplementary protection certificates (SPCs), and what it means you need to do when applying for an SPC and afterwards
Copyright for your business
What is copyright, how to use this legal right to protect your creative work and what to do if someone violates it
Managing your copyright
How to use your copyright, license or assign your rights, and protect and benefit from your copyrighted work
Protecting copyright in the UK and EU
Guidance on UK and EU copyright protection for right holders and users including business, cultural heritage institutions and consumers
The Marrakesh Treaty
The Marrakesh Treaty is an international legal instrument which makes it easier for blind, visually impaired and print disabled people to access works protected by copyright
Copyright: Orphan works
How to use the UK orphan works licensing scheme to lawfully use creative work for which the right holder(s) cannot be found
Orphan works and cultural heritage institutions
Guidance on options for making orphan works available online for cultural heritage institutions
Sui generis database rights
Protection in the EU for databases produced in the UK
Cross-border portability of online content services
UK customers may not be able to access their online content services when they visit the EU
Copyright clearance for UK satellite broadcasting
Guidance for satellite broadcasters transmitting copyright works into the UK and from the UK to EEA states