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The official statistics in this report provide factual information relating to applications and registrations of intellectual property registered rights during 2023.
A copyright notice is a concise note published by the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) providing basic copyright guidance.
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...
View designs registered in the designs journal from the last 25 years
Claim relief on import duty and VAT when importing miscellaneous documents and related articles into the UK.
You can claim a relief to pay no Customs Duty and VAT if you're importing inherited goods into the UK.
Information for British citizens moving to or living in Japan, including guidance on residency, healthcare and driving.
Information for British citizens moving to or living in China, including guidance on residency, healthcare and travel.
Check the tariff classification for balloons with or without LED lights.
A collection of guidance about how to protect, manage and enforce copyright. Copyright protects original literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works.
Find a list of document status codes for Data Element 2/3 of the Customs Declaration Service (Appendix 5B).
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...
Check the tariff classification for rods of tungsten alloy, containing more than 94% of tungsten and 1.5% of lanthanum.
Find a list of codes for the relevant document codes, document status codes and details to be declared (for example, licences and certificates) in Data Element 2/3 (Appendix 5A).
Find out if the goods you're declaring to inward or outward processing are classed as sensitive goods.
Application form ID2: certificate of identity for a corporate body.
Check the tariff classification for impregnated glass fibre weave articles.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your Intellectual Property (IP) rights in South Korea.
Find out how to make sure that data entered into the Customs Declaration Service (CDS) is matched correctly with the Automatic Licence Verification System (ALVS).
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