Intellectual Property Office (United Kingdom)

Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO)
Type	Government agency
Region served	United Kingdom
Chief Executive	Adam Williams
Parent organisation	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Website	gov.uk/intellectual-property

The Intellectual Property Office of the United Kingdom (often referred to as the UK IPO) is, since 2 April 2007, the operating name of The Patent Office.^[1]^[2] It is the official government body responsible for intellectual property rights in the UK and is an executive agency of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT).^[3]

^ The change was recommended in the Gowers Review of Intellectual Property, see Governance: Recommendation 53 Archived 11 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Intellectual Property Office web site. Consulted on 25 April 2008
^ "About us". GOV.UK. Retrieved 7 September 2021. The Intellectual Property Office became the operating name of The Patent Office on 2 April 2007.
^ Intellectual Property Office, Intellectual Property Office web site. Consulted on 16 January 2019

[1] The change was recommended in the Gowers Review of Intellectual Property, see Governance: Recommendation 53 Archived 11 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Intellectual Property Office web site. Consulted on 25 April 2008

[2] "About us". GOV.UK. Retrieved 7 September 2021. The Intellectual Property Office became the operating name of The Patent Office on 2 April 2007.

[3] Intellectual Property Office, Intellectual Property Office web site. Consulted on 16 January 2019

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