Welcome to the Intellectual Property Office
The Intellectual Property Office can help you get the right type of protection for your creation or invention.
Intellectual Property (IP) is created when an idea takes some tangible form. IP can mean a brand, invention, design or other kind of creation and it can be legally owned. But how can that help you? See more in Why use IP?
The
Intellectual Property Office is part of the Department for Innovation, Universities &
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IP Professional section
IP Professionals now have their own section on the website with quick links to the content they use most.
To access IP Professional from any page on the site, click the IP Professional button at the top right corner of the screen.
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