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Copyrights are protected by copyright laws which are amended from overtime. Registration of the copyright of your work is important in ensuring your sole rights to the ownership of the work and right to sue anyone who infringes upon it.
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Copyrights are protected by laws concerning copyrights and neighboring rights which was are amended from time to time.
Copyright-able works have to be deposited with the Copyright Department of the relevant ministry. Registration is possible for nationals and foreigners.
What can be protected via Copyright?
1- Books, pamphlets, essays and other written works.
2- Music compositions with or without words.
3- Lectures, addresses, sermons, and other works of similar nature.
4- Dramatic, dramatic-musical works and dumb-shows.
5- Computer programs and applications, databases, and works analogous to them as defined by a Minister’s decision
6- Sound and audiovisual works.
7- Photographic works and works analogous to photography.
8- Works of drawing, painting, sculpture, lithography (fabric, metal, stones, wood), and engrave or similar works in the scope of fine arts.
9- Architectural works, engineering plans, and layouts.
10- Works of applied and plastic art.
11- Illustrations, geographical maps, sketches, three-dimensional works relative to geography, topography, and architectural designs, etc
A registered Copyright lasts for many years after the author’s death.
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Trademarks are protected by various intellectual properties and other laws. Before registering your trademark, it is important to ensure that it is not infringing on an existing trademark.
Our team of intellectual property professionals are dedicated to ensuring the proper registration of your trademark.
Trademarks are protected by the various Intellectual Properties and other laws.
Additionally, the UK is a member various International Conventions. This means that, if your home Country is a member to the Convention, the filing date of its home application can be claimed as priority date in the UK.
All trademarks have specific classes wherein they can be registered.
Generally, a separate application is required for each class.
Procedure & Time Frame
A Trademark Search is to be carried out. Usually, results are out within 24 to 72 hours. If the Mark is available for registration, the filing process commences.
An Application is filed to the relevant department. Once filed, the application is subject to Examination. If the trademark is accepted, the application will proceed to publication in the Trade Mark Gazette and in 2 local Newspapers. If no opposition is filed against the application, the registration fees will be paid and the Certificate of Registration will be due for issuance.
The timeframe for the finalization of the registration and issuance of the certificate is about few months from the filing date.
A trademark registration is valid for a long number of years as from the filing date and renewable for similar periods. Renewal could be filed within the last year of the protection period.
If you are wondering how to register your Mark and protect your Brand, let eLegal Consultants manage its registration for you. We are well qualified to handle your registration both in the UK and worldwide.
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Patents and utility models are protected by various laws pertaining to the Industrial Regulation and Protection of Patents, Industrial Drawings and Designs. When a Patent is registered in, the protection covers the whole country.
Our consultants are dedicated to ensuring the proper filing and registration of your patent.
Here’s a list of non patentable inventions:
Procedure
Patent and utility model applications are subject to examination with respect to form and substance. However, formality examination is conducted by the Patent Office.
Published applications may be opposed by any interested party within a specific number of days from the publication date. If no opposition has been filed, or no grounds for opposition exist, the patent is entered in the patent register and a patent or utility certificate is issued.
Validity Period
A registered Patent is valid for a lengthy number of years from the date of filing.
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The registration and protection of designs in the UK is administered by various laws and it gives absolute right to the owner to the design. The validity period for the protection provided by the registration is 10 years from the date of filing.
With our intellectual property professional, you can be assured that the registration of your design will go seamlessly.
Patents, utility models and designs in the UK are protected by various laws.
When applying for the registration of a Design multiple Designs Application is not possible. nonetheless, according to the law, an application may include more than just one industrial drawing or design, provided that such drawings or designs are interrelated in terms of manufacture and uses, and that their total number does not exceed 20 drawings or designs.
For a design to be patentable if must meet the criteria of Novelty, Inventiveness and Industrial applicability.
Further Procedures
Industrial designs are subject to formal examination. However, no substantive examination is performed on industrial designs. Accelerated examination system does not exist in the, and publication fees are to be paid only upon receiving an official notification from patent Office confirming their formal acceptance of the application; otherwise, the application will automatically lapse and payment of restoration fees will be applicable to revive the same.
Published applications may be opposed by any interested party within a specific time period from the date of publication. If no opposition is filed, a Design Certificate shall be issued indicating the registration number & date.
Validity Period
The protection term for a Design is upto10 years from the filing date and this is non extendable.
Annuities
With respect to Design Registration, annuities must be paid within a specific time period as from the relative anniversary date of filing and is payable before the granting of the Design. A grace period is granted, subject to payment of monthly penalty.
However, the non-payment of annuities after the expiration of the grace period would result in the lapse of the application, and payment of restoration fees will be applicable to revive the same. It is allowed to pay the annuities in advance for each or part of the validity period of the design.
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