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Be aware of misleading invoices offering services to help protect your IP rights in return for a fee.
If you are in a dispute with someone over the infringement or validity of a patent or SPC, you may request a non-binding opinion.
An accelerated licensing process may apply to some applications for dredging activity.
Claim relief on import duty and VAT when importing miscellaneous documents and related articles into the UK.
This page provides practical information to help you make the most of your IP when doing business in Kazakhstan.
Tell users how accessible your website or mobile app is in your accessibility statement, based on recent testing.
You can use the Right to Contest application to challenge government to sell land or property if you believe it’s not needed and could be put to better economic use.
Information about the eight-toothed spruce bark beetle, including how to report sightings.
We handle shipping and maritime disputes. Cases that we hear include: collisions between ships disputes over the transport of cargo salvage of a ship, cargo or crew disputes over goods supplied to a ship disputes over mortgages and other security...
This explains the rules governing address for service for intellectual property rights in the UK.
What you need to know and do to export or import objects of cultural interest.
Learn how to identify misleading invoices and what you should do if you receive one.
Guidance on the planning for mineral extraction in plan making and the application process.
This collection brings together arrangements the UK has made with Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies for the sharing of beneficial ownership information.
Evaluations completed: April 2016 to March 2017.
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...
Information and guidance on Business Improvement Districts.
Intellectual property can be bought, sold or licensed.
Guidance on the use of the sensitive words accreditation, accredit, accredited and accrediting, in a company, Limited Liability Partnership or business name.
This guidance relates to the legal criteria for determining whether a building is considered a higher-risk building under the Building Safety Act 2022 and the Higher-Risk Buildings (Descriptions and Supplementary Provisions) Regulations 2023. It relates to the definition of higher-risk...
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