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The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) is the official UK government body responsible for intellectual property (IP) rights including patents, designs, trade marks and copyright. IPO is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology , supported...
Protocols and procedures for testing the distinctiveness, uniformity and stability (DUS) of certain agricultural and vegetable plants.
Look up a trade mark to see if something identical or similar to your brand is already registered.
Information on carrying medicine containing controlled drugs for individual travellers entering or leaving the UK.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in China.
Guidance for industry on flexible approaches to regulation we are taking during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Monitor the progress of a patent application through search reports, open to the public inspection files, and caveats.
You can make observations on the patentability of a published patent application.
Apply for a Temporary Work - Religious Worker visa to do religious work in the UK - getting sponsored, fees, eligibility, family members
How to self-upload evidence when making an application to come to or stay in the UK.
This is advice for UK sponsors whose students are affected by coronavirus (COVID-19).
Find details of recent trade mark applications or amendments by searching the journal
Check the patents journal to find UK-registered patents granted, published and filed
The Traffic Commissioner for London and the South East's written decision for Hi-Stanford Scaffolding Ltd (OK2042641)
Find data and analysis from Census 2021 and earlier censuses.
DFID Statistics on International Development 2009
The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) provides lists of English-speaking lawyers abroad to help British nationals find the legal support they need.
Find out about tax charges on scholarships.
This guidance provides information on comparator products used in studies supporting abridged marketing authorisation applications
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