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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...
Guidance on how to prove someone’s identity or give them access to your service or organisation.
Check how much your visa application costs in the country you’re in
Look up a trade mark to see if something identical or similar to your brand is already registered.
Use this form to transform your Madrid Protocol Designation to a UK Trade Mark application.
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
Monitor the progress of a patent application through search reports, open to the public inspection files, and caveats.
Goods that are controlled and how to get licences for them, the UK Strategic Export Control Lists, dealing with the Export Control Organisation (ECO).
Find out how to complete and submit an Other Interest (OI) return using the HMRC spreadsheet or electronic flat text file.
How schools can share daily attendance data.
Check the tariff classification for flavour pods.
Check the tariff classification for a heat and moisture exchanging filter.
How to spot Aujeszky’s disease, what to do if you suspect it and measures to prevent its spread.
Applications received to amend the specification of a patent under sections 27 and 75 before the court and the Office.
Find out how to apply for authority to give an employee foreign tax credit relief if you're a UK employer and you send an employee to work abroad.
If you can’t vote in person due to a medical emergency or disability and the proxy vote deadline has passed, you may be able to apply to vote by emergency proxy.
Guidance for the pharmaceutical industry on how to apply to vary a veterinary Marketing Authorisation (MA) or Homeopathic Remedy.
Information on how UK companies can control risks when doing business in Mexico.
How to check that a laboratory is allowed to buy ozone-depleting substances (ODS).
News and guidance on veterinary medicines issues affected by coronavirus (COVID-19).
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