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We help people, businesses and the UK economy by promoting competitive markets and tackling unfair behaviour. CMA is a non-ministerial department.
Goods that are controlled and how to get licences for them, the UK Strategic Export Control Lists, dealing with the Export Control Organisation (ECO).
Use this form to transform your Madrid Protocol Designation to a UK Trade Mark application.
Examples of unacceptable trade marks around protected emblems, internet domain names and your company name.
This page provides practical information to help you make the most of your IP when doing business in Kazakhstan.
Find out how to apply VAT to betting, gaming, bingo, lotteries and machine games.
Countries have their own rules about what goods you can bring in using an ATA Carnet. Check with the issuer in the country you’re exporting to.
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...
Find registered designs in the UK
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.
We are a specialist list set up to deal with: claims and appeals concerning patents (including supplementary protection certificates), registered designs, copyright issues, trade marks, semiconductor topography rights and plant varieties; claims and appeals concerning the and other intellectual property...
Find details of recent trade mark applications or amendments by searching the journal
The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) fee structure.
Apply for an Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) certificate, to study certain subjects in the UK.
This page provides practical information to help you make the most of your IP when doing business in Peru.
How to register an overseas entity and its beneficial owners or managing officers, so it can buy, sell or transfer property or land in the UK.
Applications received to amend the specification of a patent under sections 27 and 75 before the court and the Office.
How to remove your home address from the public register if you’ve used it as a service address for correspondence, or a shareholder's address. This also applies to LLPs and LLP members.
Be aware of misleading invoices offering services to help protect your IP rights in return for a fee.
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...
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