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Guidance for industry on flexible approaches to regulation we are taking during the COVID-19 outbreak.
How to use A/B testing to evaluate your digital health product.
We handle shipping and maritime disputes. Cases that we hear include: collisions between ships disputes over the transport of cargo salvage of a ship, cargo or crew disputes over goods supplied to a ship disputes over mortgages and other security...
Use this form to transform your Madrid Protocol Designation to a UK Trade Mark application.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in the European Union and the European Economic Area (EEA).
Find details of recent trade mark applications or amendments by searching the journal
What to do if you think you've spotted a scam pretending to be from Companies House, and examples of scam emails, letters and telephone calls.
Examples of unacceptable trade marks around protected emblems, internet domain names and your company name.
Class and permitted use of passenger ships, cargo ships, tankers, tugs, tenders, fishing boats, yachts, commercial vessels, and the required certificates.
Substances that are classed as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and when you're allowed to use them.
How to classify and describe your business waste so you can know how to manage and dispose of it - what you need to do, List of Waste (LoW) codes, technical guidance.
Find registered designs in the UK
Check a list of software developers who can provide Customs Declaration Service and Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (CHIEF) software.
How to stop the spread and dispose of invasive non-native plants that can harm the environment in England.
Be aware of misleading invoices offering services to help protect your IP rights in return for a fee.
Details of the exceptions to copyright that allow limited use of copyright works without the permission of the copyright owner.
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...
Applications received to amend the specification of a patent under sections 27 and 75 before the court and the Office.
A collection of documents reporting on our work in 2020 to 2021 and setting out our plan for 2021 to 2022.
A copyright notice is a concise note published by the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) providing basic copyright guidance.
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