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Renew and pay for a GB or European patent online - when renewal is due, fees, renew by post or phone instead
Using metadata to make it easier to catalogue, validate, reuse and share your data.
Check the regulations on aircraft parts imported with a certificate of airworthiness.
Guidance for UK companies on winning business from international aid and development projects.
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 for business and government departments.
Investors and businesses may be legally required to tell the government about certain sensitive acquisitions under the National Security and Investment Act.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in China.
Find out if you need an Academic Technology Approval Scheme (ATAS) certificate to study in the UK.
Natural England's terms and conditions for applications to the register and payment of the application fee.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in Colombia.
Details of expired General Licences issued by OFSI.
Find out how you could do the SFI actions for soils.
A list of links to coronavirus (COVID-19) information provided by Ofqual-recognised awarding organisations.
Look up a trade mark to see if something identical or similar to your brand is already registered.
Find out the legal, financial and professional requirements for operators and managers, including extra duties for waste activity operators.
Order birth, adoption, marriage, civil partnership and death certificates from the General Register Office (GRO) - find GRO index numbers
Licences and authorisations to import genetic material, research and diagnostic samples, trade samples and display items, and some live animals and animal products.
Protocols and procedures for testing the distinctiveness, uniformity and stability (DUS) of certain agricultural and vegetable plants.
How to classify and describe your business waste so you can know how to manage and dispose of it - what you need to do, List of Waste (LoW) codes, technical guidance.
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