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Reclaim VAT you've paid on goods and services bought in the UK to use in your business if you’re registered as a business outside the UK.
Information on how to gain a UK CoC for Engineering/Electro-Technical Officers or Engineering Watch Rating Certificate
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Check the patents journal to find UK-registered patents granted, published and filed
Use an OGEL to export controlled dual-use or military goods, software and technology overseas.
Find out how to complete and submit an Other Interest (OI) return using the HMRC spreadsheet or electronic flat text file.
Affidavit of marital status for British nationals in Vietnam.
This is advice for UK sponsors whose students are affected by coronavirus (COVID-19).
Find registered designs in the UK
A collection of case studies showing how businesses have used copyright protection to create value from their ideas.
Guidance on Conditional Marketing Authorisations, exceptional circumstances Marketing Authorisations and national scientific advice
The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) fee structure.
Find details of recent trade mark applications or amendments by searching the journal
Cancel a marketing authorisation, traditional herbal registration or parallel import product licence or withdraw a pending submission.
How to check that a laboratory is allowed to buy ozone-depleting substances (ODS).
How to renew your patents, trade marks or registered designs: when to renew, how to renew online or renew and restore by post, how much it costs.
Find out about tax charges on scholarships.
Get endorsement and approval to apply for the Global Talent visa to work in the UK as a leader in arts and culture - architecture, fashion, film, television.
What intellectual property is, how you can protect it, and which of copyright, patents, design right and trade marks applies to your work
Applications received to amend the specification of a patent under sections 27 and 75 before the court and the Office.
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