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How to conform with the legal requirements for placing medical devices on the market.
How to apply for marketing authorisation via this new procedure.
We help people, businesses and the UK economy by promoting competitive markets and tackling unfair behaviour. CMA is a non-ministerial department.
This guidance specifies the standards for the continuous monitoring and sampling of stack emissions.
Substances that are classed as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and when you're allowed to use them.
Find registered designs in the UK
How the maritime industry should treat waste at sea and in ports, reduce oil and air pollution, and control ozone-depleting substances.
We are here to make digital government simpler, clearer and faster for everyone. GDS is part of the Cabinet Office .
Guidance for the pharmaceutical industry on how to apply to vary a veterinary Marketing Authorisation (MA) or Homeopathic Remedy.
International trade mark registrations protected in the EU under the Madrid Protocol will no longer enjoy protection in the UK after 1 January 2021.
Find details of recent trade mark applications or amendments by searching the journal
Decision for applicant Sodexo against registration number 14990935, applicant successful.
The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) fee structure.
Guidance on applying to renew a marketing authorisation (MA) for a veterinary medicine.
Buy or get someone's permission to use a patent, trade mark, design or work under copyright
A copyright notice is a concise note published by the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) providing basic copyright guidance.
How to request and use agent assurance codes if you are a UK-regulated agent carrying out verification checks on an overseas entity, and its beneficial owners and managing officers.
What intellectual property is, how you can protect it, and which of copyright, patents, design right and trade marks applies to your work
If you're advertising or marketing, including direct marketing, you must be accurate and honest and follow the advertising codes of practice
Request an uncertified electronic copy of a UK patent or patent application for personal reference or research
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