Patents

Patents protect the features and process that make things work. A patent can only be granted for something that is new and inventive. A patent has to be renewed every year but can last for up to 20 years.

Cymraeg yn yr IPO - y daith hyd yn hyn

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Bilingual welcome text in Welsh then English reads Croeso i'r Gymraeg yn yr IPO and Welcome to Welsh at the IPO

Cymraeg: Ar ôl sylweddoli, fel busnes gyda'i bencadlys yng Nghymru, y gallem fod yn gwneud mwy i roi'r dewis o wasanaethau dwyieithog Saesneg/Cymraeg i gwsmeriaid sy'n siarad Cymraeg, aeth y Swyddfa Eiddo Deallusol ati i ymgorffori defnydd o'r iaith Gymraeg yn ei gweithgareddau. Yma, rydym yn edrych ar y daith hyd yn hyn.  English: After …

What’s changing – filing international patents 

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We're publishing weekly guidance to help you prepare for these changes. Each week covers a different aspect of the new service to ensure you're ready for the transition.  This week we turn our attention to the most imminent change – how you file international patents.

What’s changing – managing your patents 

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We are publishing a weekly blog series to provide you with comprehensive guidance on each aspect of the upcoming changes. In today’s blog, we explore how managing your patents is changing in the One IPO service. So far, the most popular transactions in the new service are all around managing your patents. Things like changing who …