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Apply to the Public Trustee to find out if a tenancy has been ended after a tenant's death
Guidance for the pharmaceutical industry on Marketing Authorisations for veterinary medicines.
A collection of guidance explaining different types of intellectual property. Including tools and case studies about protecting IP in your business.
The British Library (BL) is the national library of the United Kingdom and one of the world’s largest libraries. Its collections include more than 150 million items, in over 400 languages including books, magazines, manuscripts, maps, music scores, newspapers, patents,...
The conditions that new cemetery developments, or new extensions of a cemetery, can operate under without needing an environmental permit.
What intellectual property is, how you can protect it, and which of copyright, patents, design right and trade marks applies to your work
Applications received to amend the specification of a patent under sections 27 and 75 before the court and the Office.
DSS was replaced by the Department for Work and Pensions in 2001.
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...
Details of scheme to provide displaced people of Ukraine with Eurovision Song Contest 2023 tickets.
Be aware of misleading invoices offering services to help protect your IP rights in return for a fee.
How to remove your home address from the public register if you’ve used it as a service address for correspondence, or a shareholder's address. This also applies to LLPs and LLP members.
Download and fill in this form to find out if someone has an attorney or deputy acting for them.
A copyright notice is a concise note published by the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) providing basic copyright guidance.
This page provides guidance for anyone who wants to request information from the SSRO.
To protect your trade mark outside of the UK, you usually need to apply in each country you want protection in.
This explains the rules governing address for service for intellectual property rights in the UK.
Who gets copyright, types of work it covers, permitted use of copyright material, how to license and sell copyright and help resolving disputes
Information for British citizens moving to or living in Japan, including guidance on residency, healthcare and driving.
Information from the National Health Service on conditions, treatments, local services and healthy living
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