Regulator Profile
IPO
Intellectual Property Office
Enforcement Regulator3
Areas of regulation
67
Laws enforced
UK-wide
Quick links
Intellectual Property
Patents
Trademarks
What IPO does
Registration and protection of intellectual property rights. Administers patents, trade marks, designs, and provides copyright guidance. Gateway for IP protection in the UK.
Additional information
Not strictly a regulator (IP rights are civil law) but essential for IP protection.
Legal framework
Legislation that IPO enforces.
Primary legislation
- Space Industry Act 2018 Act 2018
- Licensing Act 2003 - Legislation.gov.uk Act 2003
- Outer Space Act 1986 Act 1986
- Bribery Act 2010 Act 2010
- Capital Allowances Act 2001 Act 2001
- Children and Families Act 2014 Act 2014
- Children and Young Persons Act 1963 Act 1963
- Communications Act 2003 - Legislation.gov.uk Act 2003
- Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 Act 1988
- Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 - Legislation.gov.uk Act 1988
- Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, s.9(3) Act 1988
- Films Act 1985 Act 1985
- Finance Act 2013 (High-end TV, Animation, Video Games) Act 2013
- Finance Act 2015 (Section 24 - mortgage interest restriction) Act 2015
- Finance Act 2017 Act 2017
- Finance Act 2020 Act 2020
- Finance Act 2021, Schedule 24 Act 2021
- Finance Act 2022 (established marginal relief from April 2023) Act 2022
- Finance (No. 2) Act 2017, Schedule 14 Act 2017
- Health and Social Care Act 2012 Act 2012
- Higher Education and Research Act 2017 Act 2017
- Housing Act 2004 (HMO licensing) Act 2004
- Immigration Act 2014 Act 2014
- Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 Act 2006
- Intellectual Property Act 2014 Act 2014
- Limitation Act 1980 Act 1980
- Live Music Act 2012 Act 2012
- LGMPA 1982 Act 1982
- National Lottery Act 1993 Act 1993
- Official Secrets Act 1989 Act 1989
- Online Safety Act 2023 Schedule 7 (Priority offences) Act 2023
- Online Safety Act 2023, section 110 Act 2023
- Patents Act 1977 Act 1977
- Performers' Rights (Part II CDPA 1988) Act 1988
- Registered Designs Act 1949 Act
- Serious Crime Act 2015 Act 2015
- SSCBA 1992 Act 1992
- Subsidy Control Act 2022 Act 2022
- Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 Section 162 - Roll-over relief on transfer of business Act 1992
- Taxes Management Act 1970 Act 1970
- Taxes Management Act 1970, Section 59A Act 1970
- Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 Act 1998
- Trade Marks Act 1994 Act 1994
- Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 Act 1977
- Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006 Act 2006
Secondary legislation
- Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 UK Statutory Instrument 2015
- Air Navigation Order 2016 UK Statutory Instrument 2016
- Article 60F RAO exemption UK Statutory Instrument 2001
- Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002 UK Statutory Instrument 2002
- Electronic Commerce Regulations 2002 - Legislation.gov.uk UK Statutory Instrument 2002
- Immigration Skills Charge Regulations 2017 UK Statutory Instrument 2017
- Insurance and Reinsurance Undertakings (Prudential Requirements) Regulations 2023 UK Statutory Instrument 2023
- Model cancellation form UK Statutory Instrument 2013
- Network and Information Systems (Amendment) Regulations 2022 UK Statutory Instrument 2022
- Price Marking Order 2004 UK Statutory Instrument 2004
- ... and 12 more statutory instruments
Sectors regulated
Manufacturing