Copyright, Patents, Trade Marks and Design

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• The Intellectual Property Office is "the official government body responsible for granting Intellectual Property (IP) rights in the United Kingdom (UK)". These rights include copyright, patents, designs and trade marks
• There are links at the left of the site's home page to sections for each individual topic
• Note that there are often useful additional links at the right of each page in those sections. For example, at the copyright section, there is a link to How copyright protects your work page which gives you a very concise introduction
• For more web sites, including ones dealing specifically with music copyright, see the WebLinks  page Data Protection, Freedom of Information and Intellectual Property under the Your Rights and Citizenship section

Page last updated: 1st December 2020