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A collection of guidance explaining different types of intellectual property. Including tools and case studies about protecting IP in your business.
Find out how to apply VAT to betting, gaming, bingo, lotteries and machine games.
What intellectual property is, how you can protect it, and which of copyright, patents, design right and trade marks applies to your work
This page provides practical information to help you make the most of your IP when doing business in Peru.
Applications received to amend the specification of a patent under sections 27 and 75 before the court and the Office.
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.
This guidance summarises the types of defects to which the leaseholder protections in the Building Safety Act 2022 apply.
This collection brings together arrangements the UK has made with Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies for the sharing of beneficial ownership information.
A patent registers your invention and lets you take legal action against anyone who makes, uses, sells or imports your invention without your permission.
This page provides practical information to help you make the most of your IP when doing business in Kazakhstan.
If someone dies without a will or known family, their ownerless property (bona vacantia) goes to the crown - check if you're an entitled relative, search for an estate, refer or claim on an estate
Information from the National Health Service on conditions, treatments, local services and healthy living
Guidance on the use of the sensitive words accreditation, accredit, accredited and accrediting, in a company, Limited Liability Partnership or business name.
Use this form to request a certificate of the Comptroller or a certified or uncertified copy from a file or the register.
Imposing safeguard measures for imports of certain steel products.
Forms AP1, FR1 and DS2: guidance on when evidence of identity must be lodged in support of an application for registration.
Claim relief on import duty and VAT when importing miscellaneous documents and related articles into the UK.
A collection of guidance about how to protect, manage and enforce copyright. Copyright protects original literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works.
You must tell DVLA if you suffer from ankylosing spondylitis and it affects your ability to drive safely - download the correct form to let them know
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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