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Protect your brand by registering it as a trade mark - how to apply, fees, responding to objections to your trade mark, using the ® symbol
You can register your trade mark to protect your brand, for example the…
Before you apply for a trade mark you need to: decide which general…
To apply you’ll need: details of what you want to register, for example…
The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) will examine your application and…
Your trade mark will be registered around 10 weeks (2 months, plus 2…
Find out how to submit brand details to HMRC for Scotch Whisky, Irish Whiskey, Irish Cream, Irish Poteen, Somerset Cider Brandy and Single Malt Welsh Whisky if you're a verified bottler.
What you need to do to comply with regulations on manufactured products you place on the market in Great Britain.
This guidance provides information on comparator products used in studies supporting abridged marketing authorisation applications
Use these general provisions to help you determine the origin of your products.
We deal with complaints about cases where a company name is registered for the primary purpose of preventing someone else with legitimate interest from registering it, or demanding payment from them to release it. Company Names Tribunal works with the...
Skiwear firebrand OOSC Clothing will grow its exports across the piste with a major HSBC UK financing package secured by UK Export Finance.
Examples of unacceptable trade marks around protected emblems, internet domain names and your company name.
Your company must meet the independence criteria to provide data storage or anti-tamper devices to the tobacco industry.
Decision for applicant Vacaciones Edreams, S.L. registration number 15134282, applicant successful.
Find out about applying for the Spirit Drinks Verification Scheme, how to submit brand information, fees and making sure your production process is compliant.
How product specific rules are used to identify the country of origin when importing or exporting between the UK and EU.
Decision for applicant Digicert, Inc. against registration number 14049078, applicant successful.
The Department for Business and Trade has announced the 10 SME winners of the 2024 Made in the UK, Sold to the World Awards.
This guidance outlines the UK government’s mission and vision for the UK International Development logo, and how to use it on ODA-funded programmes.
Company wound-up in the public interest after investigations by the Insolvency Service
Intellectual property research publications commissioned by the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) covering trade marks and brands.
Exporters of groups of products of animal origin (POAO) to the EU and Northern Ireland can join the groupage export facilitation scheme (GEFS) to use 30-day support attestations.
Find out if you need to use the UKCA (UK Conformity Assessed) marking on products you manufacture or handle.
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