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What intellectual property is, how you can protect it, and which of copyright, patents, design right and trade marks applies to your work
Find out how interest is calculated and applied if you have a Plan 4 student loan, as well as previous interest rates.
Find out how interest is calculated and applied if you have a Plan 1 student loan, as well as previous interest rates.
You may be able to apply for indefinite leave to remain if you are a representative of an overseas business or a representative of an overseas newspaper, news agency or broadcasting organisation.
Applications received to amend the specification of a patent under sections 27 and 75 before the court and the Office.
This guidance summarises the types of defects to which the leaseholder protections in the Building Safety Act 2022 apply.
You must tell DVLA if you have Huntington's disease and it causes any symptoms - download the correct form to let them know
Be aware of misleading invoices offering services to help protect your IP rights in return for a fee.
Information on using the app to apply for an electronic travel authorisation (ETA) to come to the UK.
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.
How UK museums and galleries can arrange to protect exhibits on loan from abroad from court-ordered seizure.
A copyright notice is a concise note published by the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) providing basic copyright guidance.
A collection of case studies showing how businesses have used copyright protection to create value from their ideas.
Details of scheme to provide displaced people of Ukraine with Eurovision Song Contest 2023 tickets.
A patent registers your invention and lets you take legal action against anyone who makes, uses, sells or imports your invention without your permission.
If someone dies without a will or known family, their ownerless property (bona vacantia) goes to the crown - check if you're an entitled relative, search for an estate, refer or claim on an estate
This collection brings together arrangements the UK has made with Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies for the sharing of beneficial ownership information.
Information from the National Health Service on conditions, treatments, local services and healthy living
This page provides practical information to help you make the most of your IP when doing business in Kazakhstan.
How to buy or acquire the assets of a dissolved company - how and when you can claim money or property, who to contact and the forms you need
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