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Find out about tax charges on scholarships.
Find out how to apply VAT to betting, gaming, bingo, lotteries and machine games.
You can make observations on the patentability of a published patent application.
Check someone's driving record - vehicles they can drive, penalty points and disqualifications
Find details of recent trade mark applications or amendments by searching the journal
What intellectual property is, how you can protect it, and which of copyright, patents, design right and trade marks applies to your work
A collection of guidance explaining different types of intellectual property. Including tools and case studies about protecting IP in your business.
A collection of case studies showing how businesses have used copyright protection to create value from their ideas.
How to apply for a discretionary grant where the dissolved company can be restored. (Company has been dissolved for less than six years)
This guidance summarises the types of defects to which the leaseholder protections in the Building Safety Act 2022 apply.
Be aware of misleading invoices offering services to help protect your IP rights in return for a fee.
Applications received to amend the specification of a patent under sections 27 and 75 before the court and the Office.
How to work out the customs value if transactions are between branch offices or include inter-company transfers and accounting if you're an importer or clearing agent.
How the protected online filing (PROOF) scheme can help you prevent fraudulent changes to your company.
How to buy or acquire the assets of a dissolved company - how and when you can claim money or property, who to contact and the forms you need
If someone dies without a will or known family, their ownerless property (bona vacantia) goes to the crown - check if you're an entitled relative, search for an estate, refer or claim on an estate
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This collection brings together arrangements the UK has made with Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies for the sharing of beneficial ownership information.
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