Time for tea: raising a cup to the IP in the Platinum Jubilee party
From street parties to balloons, to masks. Whatever your plans, we have you covered this bank holiday. We explore some of the fun IP in Jubilee.
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.
IP and Youth – innovating for a better future
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Guy Robinson, Posted on:
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Copyright, Design, Innovation, IPO, Patents, Schools, Trade marks, Universities
Every year, on the 26 April, World IP Day is celebrated across the globe. Hosted by the World Intellectual Property Organization, it has a new focus each year. The theme for 2022 is ‘Innovation and Youth’.
Levelling Up: how we’re helping UK businesses to build through IP
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Tim Moss, Posted on:
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Business, Copyright, Design, Design right, Innovation, Levelling Up, Patents, Trade marks
Intellectual property (IP) is crucial to the UK’s future prosperity, so supporting innovation and economic growth is at the heart of the work we do at the IPO. IPO CEO Tim Moss takes a look at how IP plays a major role in the UK’s Levelling Up agenda.
How STEM women are graduating towards patent examining
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Imogen Percival, Posted on:
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Inclusion and diversity, Patents, Recruitment, STEM career
Patent examiners are the technical experts who examine inventions coming into the IPO and apply IP law to see if a patent can be granted. Some of our female patent examiners tell us about their STEM route to a successful career.
AI & IP: asking the questions
IPO CEO Tim Moss looks at how IP can best support AI innovation within the government’s National AI Strategy.
Crowdsourcing brings gender neutrality to a legacy manual.
A team of more than 40 ‘crowdsourced’ patent examiners took on the task of upgrading all 1,028 pages of the IPO’s 35-year-old Manual of Patent Practice, aiming to refresh its dated language and make it inclusive. Senior Patent Examiner Phil Lawrence tells us more.
Closing the loop on your feedback (Part Two)
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Jamie Edwards, Posted on:
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Design, Patents, Renewals, Trade marks, User research
In my last blog, I gave you an insight into how we close the loop on your feedback and explained why it’s so important for our customers to continue to provide us with their feedback so we can continue to …
Renewals: launch of our first ‘One IPO’ service
Renewals: launch of our first ‘One IPO’ service We have marked an important milestone for UKIPO. After trialling our new digital Renewals service for 18 months with a limited group of customers, we have opened it up for everyone to …
British IP Day: spotlight on innovation and IP
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Daniel Guthrie, Posted on:
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Copyright, Design, Innovation, Patents, Trade marks
The Alliance for Intellectual Property (AIP) is a coalition of organisations representing creators and intellectual property (IP) rich businesses. AIP organises an annual British IP Day. Dan Guthrie, Director General of the AIP, tells us more about how the organisation …
Prize catch - Hookpod invention keeps seabirds safe
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Imogen Percival, Posted on:
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Business, Environment, Europe, Innovation, Patents, Trade marks
It’s not every day that a business finds a big gap in the market and creates a solution to a major environmental issue, but that’s exactly what Devon-based brothers Ben and Pete Kibel did.
Ben and Pete were nominated for a European Patent Office (EPO) Inventor Award in the SME category for their invention, Hookpod. Read more about how Hookpod protects thousands of seabirds a year.
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