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The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) is the official UK government body responsible for intellectual property (IP) rights including patents, designs, trade marks and copyright. IPO is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology , supported...
Guidance on how to license electronic cigarettes and other inhaled nicotine-containing products (NCPs) as medicines in the UK.
Apply for changes to your marketing authorisation, including minor variations type IA and IB, major variations type II and extensions.
Pharmacovigilance system requirements
Check how much your visa application costs in the country you’re in
The Intellectual Property Office offers different methods of accelerating the processing of your patent application.
Make sure that domains that do not send email cannot be used for spoofing.
Use supplementary pages SA109 to record your residence and domicile status on your SA100 Tax Return.
Guidance on how to prove someone’s identity or give them access to your service or organisation.
Order birth, adoption, marriage, civil partnership and death certificates from the General Register Office (GRO) - find GRO index numbers
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in China.
Look up a trade mark to see if something identical or similar to your brand is already registered.
Monitor the progress of a patent application through search reports, open to the public inspection files, and caveats.
Protocols and procedures for testing the distinctiveness, uniformity and stability (DUS) of certain agricultural and vegetable plants.
We are here to make digital government simpler, clearer and faster for everyone. GDS is part of the Cabinet Office .
Guidance for organisations involved in any aspect of the pharmaceutical lifecycle or GLP studies regulated by MHRA, covering the approval of paper documents when working from home
Use supplementary pages SA106 to record foreign income and gains on your SA100 Tax Return.
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