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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.
A collection of guidance explaining different types of intellectual property. Including tools and case studies about protecting IP in your business.
Guidance and forms about importing and exporting goods, customs declarations, duties and tariffs. Including carriers and freight forwarders, storing goods, Freeports and commodity codes.
A collection of case studies showing how businesses have used copyright protection to create value from their ideas.
Apply for an Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) certificate, to study certain subjects in the UK.
Use the IHT417 with form IHT400 if the deceased had a permanent home in the UK when they died but had assets outside the UK.
Be aware of misleading invoices offering services to help protect your IP rights in return for a fee.
Carry out checks on your overseas customers and find out what records you’ll need to keep if you’re approved for the Fulfilment House Due Diligence Scheme.
This toolkit includes short and long-form templates for preparing a national report on implementing international humanitarian law.
Ask HMRC to confirm that you, or if you’re an employer, your employee pays only UK National Insurance contributions whilst working temporarily in an EU country, Gibraltar, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland.
ATA Carnet lets you temporarily export commercial samples, trade fair or exhibition goods and professional equipment to countries that are part of the ATA Carnet system.
Records and paperwork you must keep if you’re a passenger plane operator.
How the protected online filing (PROOF) scheme can help you prevent fraudulent changes to your company.
Claim relief on import duty and VAT when importing miscellaneous documents and related articles into the UK.
Find out about travelling and subsistence expenses for an employee's spouse when they accompany them on business trips.
Guidance on making a disclosure protected by the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998, (whistleblowing) to the Certification Officer
You can make an application to amend your patent after it has been granted either with us or at the Court.
A patent registers your invention and lets you take legal action against anyone who makes, uses, sells or imports your invention without your permission.
Imposing safeguard measures for imports of certain steel products.
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