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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.
Find out how to apply VAT to betting, gaming, bingo, lotteries and machine games.
Be aware of misleading invoices offering services to help protect your IP rights in return for a fee.
Check a list of software developers who can provide Customs Declaration Service and Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (CHIEF) software.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your Intellectual Property (IP) rights in South Korea.
Buying or commissioning services from outside the UK, Europe or abroad. Paying VAT on services.
Applications received to amend the specification of a patent under sections 27 and 75 before the court and the Office.
If you’re coming to the UK, you’ll need to prove you have enough money to support yourself and any dependants in the UK.
How to request and manage the authentication code you'll need to file information online at Companies House.
A collection of guidance about how to protect and enforce your intellectual property. Including information on infringement, counterfeiting and piracy.
Guidance on imports from Russia and Belarus requiring additional duties and terms of exemption.
Tell Companies House of a vacation of office when an administrator ceases to be qualified to act, for a company registered in Scotland.
What intellectual property is, how you can protect it, and which of copyright, patents, design right and trade marks applies to your work
Use this form to give notice of a vacation of office when administrator ceases to be qualified to act.
Apply to manufacture Extemporaneous preparations, Autogenous vaccines, authorisations for Equine Stem Cell Centre (ESCCA) or Non-Food Animal Blood Bank (NFABBA).
Use this online service to complete a form or send additional documents for a UK patent you've already applied for (a patent pending)
A collection of case studies showing how businesses have used copyright protection to create value from their ideas.
A copyright notice is a concise note published by the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) providing basic copyright guidance.
Find out which service to use for import declarations made on the Customs Declaration Service (CDS) or Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (CHIEF).
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