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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...
Be aware of misleading invoices offering services to help protect your IP rights in return for a fee.
Find out what checks you should complete and how to report potential fraud if you’re an employer or worker in the construction industry.
Guidance on making a disclosure protected by the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998, (whistleblowing) to the Certification Officer
How the protected online filing (PROOF) scheme can help you prevent fraudulent changes to your company.
Applications received to amend the specification of a patent under sections 27 and 75 before the court and the Office.
A collection of guidance about how to protect and enforce your intellectual property. Including information on infringement, counterfeiting and piracy.
Advice and information for MOT garages and testers.
Guidance on working securely with or for the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl).
Certification Officer (CO) decisions made in response to complaints and applications.
Finding the right advice and advisor is the first step in making the best decisions for your invention or business.
How to protect your company from scams and fraud and how to report it.
Guidance on the use of the sensitive words accreditation, accredit, accredited and accrediting, in a company, Limited Liability Partnership or business name.
Reports of investigations into the financial affairs of trade unions. All decisions are in PDF format.
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...
Disclosure of the identity of individuals making applications and complaints to the Certification Officer
The Certification Officer (CO) and her team ensure that trade unions and employers’ associations carry out their statutory duties. Certification Officer works with the Department for Business and Trade .
Imposing safeguard measures for imports of certain steel products.
You can use the Right to Contest application to challenge government to sell land or property if you believe it’s not needed and could be put to better economic use.
Intellectual property can be bought, sold or licensed.
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