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Order birth, adoption, marriage, civil partnership and death certificates from the General Register Office (GRO) - find GRO index numbers
The Traffic Commissioner for London and the South East's written decision for Hi-Stanford Scaffolding Ltd (OK2042641)
You can make observations on the patentability of a published patent application.
Examples of unacceptable trade marks around protected emblems, internet domain names and your company name.
Self-build and custom housebuilding registers.
Use this form to transform your Madrid Protocol Designation to a UK Trade Mark application.
Find details of recent trade mark applications or amendments by searching the journal
Class and permitted use of passenger ships, cargo ships, tankers, tugs, tenders, fishing boats, yachts, commercial vessels, and the required certificates.
Find registered designs in the UK
The conditions that new cemetery developments, or new extensions of a cemetery, can operate under without needing an environmental permit.
The Review Board for Government Contracts (RBGC) reviews and maintains the government profit formula used by the Ministry of Defence when pricing single source work. We also review the price of individual contracts that are referred to it under contract...
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.
Be aware of misleading invoices offering services to help protect your IP rights in return for a fee.
A collection of guidance about how to protect and enforce your intellectual property. Including information on infringement, counterfeiting and piracy.
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.
How the protected online filing (PROOF) scheme can help you prevent fraudulent changes to your company.
How to protect your company from scams and fraud and how to report it.
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