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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...
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in Colombia.
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Use this form to file a translation in connection with a European patent or a European patent application
Find out if you need an Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) certificate to study in the UK.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in China.
Look up a trade mark to see if something identical or similar to your brand is already registered.
Protocols and procedures for testing the distinctiveness, uniformity and stability (DUS) of certain agricultural and vegetable plants.
Monitor the progress of a patent application through search reports, open to the public inspection files, and caveats.
Guidance for organisations involved in any aspect of the pharmaceutical lifecycle or GLP studies regulated by MHRA, covering the approval of paper documents when working from home
Find registered designs in the UK
Find details of recent trade mark applications or amendments by searching the journal
Paper and cardboard production can cause significant pollution. This guide describes industry responsibilities for preventing pollution.
You can make observations on the patentability of a published patent application.
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.
Guidance for industry on flexible approaches to regulation we are taking during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Check the tariff classification for articles made of cermet.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in the European Union and the European Economic Area (EEA).
The Traffic Commissioner for London and the South East's written decision for Hi-Stanford Scaffolding Ltd (OK2042641)
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