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What happens when you opt to tax (charge VAT on) land and buildings, when you need permission and when to notify HMRC about your decision.
The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) fee structure.
This page provides practical information to help you make the most of your IP when doing business in Peru.
How to refer or buy land that belonged to a dissolved company and now belongs to the Crown.
Notify the Treasury Solicitor of a sale by a mortgagee of bona vacantia land.
How to work out the VAT on building work and materials if you're a contractor, subcontractor or developer.
Applications received to amend the specification of a patent under sections 27 and 75 before the court and the Office.
What intellectual property is, how you can protect it, and which of copyright, patents, design right and trade marks applies to your work
A collection of case studies showing how businesses have used copyright protection to create value from their ideas.
Affidavit of marital status for British nationals in Vietnam.
Be aware of misleading invoices offering services to help protect your IP rights in return for a fee.
We are a specialist list set up to deal with: claims and appeals concerning patents (including supplementary protection certificates), registered designs, copyright issues, trade marks, semiconductor topography rights and plant varieties; claims and appeals concerning the and other intellectual property...
The targets we set each year to measure our performance and progress.
Imposing safeguard measures for imports of certain steel products.
Find out when transactions involving land and buildings are exempt from VAT.
Use this online service to complete a form or send additional documents for a UK patent you've already applied for (a patent pending)
A collection of case studies showing how businesses have protected their designs to help create value from their ideas.
A patent registers your invention and lets you take legal action against anyone who makes, uses, sells or imports your invention without your permission.
Claim relief on import duty and VAT when importing miscellaneous documents and related articles into the UK.
Forms AP1, FR1 and DS2: guidance on when evidence of identity must be lodged in support of an application for registration.
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