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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...
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The laws on selling, buying and carrying a knife or weapon depend on the type of knife or weapon, your age and your circumstances.
Find out if you need an Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) certificate to study in the UK.
Find the address, contact details and opening times of the UK visa application centre for your country.
Guidance and information about high consequence infectious diseases and their management in England.
Check how much your visa application costs in the country you’re in
Get endorsement for the Global Talent visa to work in the UK as a researcher or academic leader - fellowship, UKRI endorsement, peer review.
An overview of the process including submitting or fast tracking an application, naming your medicine and paying fees.
The characteristics, diagnosis, management, surveillance and epidemiology of CJD.
Protocols and procedures for testing the distinctiveness, uniformity and stability (DUS) of certain agricultural and vegetable plants.
Look up a trade mark to see if something identical or similar to your brand is already registered.
Order birth, adoption, marriage, civil partnership and death certificates from the General Register Office (GRO) - find GRO index numbers
Information on carrying medicine containing controlled drugs for individual travellers entering or leaving the UK.
Nigeria is subject to regional controls governing small arms and light weapons.
his page provides practical information to help you make the most of your IP when doing Business in Chile.
Volume 45 of the non-technical summaries granted under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 during 2013.
Get help to classify pharmaceutical products used to treat or prevent diseases or ailments (in humans or animals), including comparators used in clinical trials and placebos.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in China.
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