Press Releases 2007
December
19 Launch of new on-line patent services
17 British business boosted by overhauled Patent Rules
13 Patent law changes will help businesses reap economic benefit - Lord Triesman
12 Christmas shoppers warned over fake goods
November
20 Waker-Upper triumphs as Cracking Idea 2007
October
18 Fewer expensive patent translations could save British business over £10 million a year
12 Cracking idea by Devon school makes it best for innovation
12 Cracking idea by Maidstone school makes it best for innovation
12 Cracking idea by Blackpool school makes it best for innovation
12 Cracking idea by Whitley Bay school makes it best for innovation
12 Cracking idea by Newport school makes it best for innovation
12 Cracking idea by Cambridgeshire school makes it best for innovation
1 Simplified trade mark law will help businesses – Lord Triesman
September
21 UK Intellectual Property consultation launched today
04 Patent highway between the UK and USA opens today
August
20 New trade mark legislation – free advice
July
26 Productivity benchmarking study in the patent grant procedure published
11 New Minister of Innovation visits Newport
2 Patent highway between the UK and Japan opens
June
26 The UK Intellectual Property Office launches new on-line patent application service
20 THINK kit winners rewarded for their good ideas
18 The UK Intellectual Property Office lauches free on-line publication service
11 The UK Intellectual Property Office Awareness Campaign visits Belfast
11 The UK Intellectual Property Office Awareness Campaign visits Londonderry
04 Dragon's Den style entrepreneurs boost UK's innovation culture
May
25 Boosting intellectual property awareness is the real winner in this year's THINK kit competition
11 Think kit Competition is a winner for the UK Intellectual Property Office
04 The UK Intellectual Property Office Awareness Campaign visits Leeds
April
26 Small businesses urged to mind their IP
13 The UK Intellectual Property Office Awareness Campaign visits Coventry
11 UK Intellectual Property Office launches China Roadmap
06 New legislation gets tough on copyright pirates and counterfeiters
04 UK Intellectual Property Office pilot a fast track European filing scheme
March
29 Patent Office 2006 Review reflects current trends in Intellectual Property
27 Wallace and Gromit Front BIGGEST Primary School Innovation Project
26 Government partnership symposium examines intellectual property in healthcare
26 Patent highway between the UK and Japan to open shortly
20 New Chief Executive for the Patent Office
12 Modernisation of Patents Rules
February
16 Patent Office Intellectual Property Awareness Campaign visits Newport
08 Wicks targets bootleggers with £5M crackdown
07 Patent Office launches a dynamic digital format of the THINK kit
05 Inventive step response published today
01 Small firms to get IP health checks
January
12 The Patent Office Intellectual Property Campaign visits Macclesfield
