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An overview of the process including submitting or fast tracking an application, naming your medicine and paying fees.
Information on carrying medicine containing controlled drugs for individual travellers entering or leaving the UK.
Look up a trade mark to see if something identical or similar to your brand is already registered.
Find out about local procedures, burials and cremations, and returning the body to the UK.
This is advice for UK sponsors whose students are affected by coronavirus (COVID-19).
Find out how the ATA Carnet works, what to do at customs, and what happens if your goods are lost, destroyed or stolen.
Use these EU country codes, VAT numbers and foreign language letters to complete an EC Sales List (ESL).
Monitor the progress of a patent application through search reports, open to the public inspection files, and caveats.
How to self-upload evidence when making an application to come to or stay in the UK.
Find details of recent trade mark applications or amendments by searching the journal
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in the European Union and the European Economic Area (EEA).
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
Guidance for industry on flexible approaches to regulation we are taking during the COVID-19 outbreak.
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.
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