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The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) is the official UK government body responsible for intellectual property (IP) rights including patents, designs, trade marks and copyright. IPO is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology , supported...
Listing of countries with a known occurrence of high consequence infectious disease (HCID).
The Intellectual Property Office offers different methods of accelerating the processing of your patent application.
This guidance outlines the requirements for claiming preferential tariffs under the Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS).
Find out if you need an Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) certificate to study in the UK.
Guidance and information about high consequence infectious diseases and their management in England.
When tests to detect COVID-19 are commonly used (use cases) and what to consider when deciding which type of test to employ.
Look up a trade mark to see if something identical or similar to your brand is already registered.
Check the tariff classification for flavour pods.
Apply for a Global Talent visa to work in the arts, sciences or digital technology once you have been endorsed as a leader or potential leader.
Protocols and procedures for testing the distinctiveness, uniformity and stability (DUS) of certain agricultural and vegetable plants.
Get help to classify pharmaceutical products used to treat or prevent diseases or ailments (in humans or animals), including comparators used in clinical trials and placebos.
Apply for a Temporary Work - Religious Worker visa to do religious work in the UK - getting sponsored, fees, eligibility, family members
Check the tariff classification for lace-up low shoes.
How to use A/B testing to evaluate your digital health product.
Guidance for industry on flexible approaches to regulation we are taking during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Find schemes that have told HMRC they meet the conditions to be a recognised overseas pension scheme (ROPS).
Argentina is subject to transit control for military goods and restrictions for controlled goods and technology.
Use an OGEL to export controlled dual-use or military goods, software and technology overseas.
Monitor the progress of a patent application through search reports, open to the public inspection files, and caveats.
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