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This guidance summarises the types of defects to which the leaseholder protections in the Building Safety Act 2022 apply.
Find details of recent trade mark applications or amendments by searching the journal
Find out how to apply VAT to betting, gaming, bingo, lotteries and machine games.
An overview of key points around access agreements between property owners and network operators for the deployment of digital infrastructure.
Guidance for those conducting research and development on genetic resources.
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.
A copyright notice is a concise note published by the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) providing basic copyright guidance.
Advice for landlords carrying out right to rent checks during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
This guidance relates to the legal criteria for determining whether a building is considered a higher-risk building under the Building Safety Act 2022 and the Higher-Risk Buildings (Descriptions and Supplementary Provisions) Regulations 2023. It relates to the definition of higher-risk...
Applications received to amend the specification of a patent under sections 27 and 75 before the court and the Office.
Disclosure of the identity of individuals making applications and complaints to the Certification Officer
If you are in a dispute with someone over the infringement or validity of a patent or SPC, you may request a non-binding opinion.
When a material is waste, is a by-product or meets ‘end of waste’ status.
Find out what trade barriers are and how they may affect you when exporting goods or services.
Decisions and maps for rights of way orders published within 2020, 2021 and 2022
Find out if a claim of ownership by adverse possession can be made on common land and town or village greens, what effect it will have on the land and whether a claim can be opposed.
Licensing requirements for importers and exporters, duty rates, reliefs and import VAT for printed books, newspapers and related products.
Guidance on the use of the sensitive words accreditation, accredit, accredited and accrediting, in a company, Limited Liability Partnership or business name.
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...
How someone in Poland can get documents prepared, witnessed or certified, take an oath of British citizenship and obtain informative notes.
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