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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
Find protected areas, check if your business or home is near one and what environmental restrictions apply.
How to apply to protect a food, drink or agricultural product name under the UK GI schemes.
How to apply to protect a wine name or aromatised wine name under the UK GI schemes and how to use a traditional term to describe a wine product.
It is against the law to discriminate against anyone because of their sex, religion, disability or certain other personal characteristics ('protected characteristics')
A form of IP that extends the protection of patented active ingredients present in pharmaceutical or plant protection products.
Examples of unacceptable trade marks around protected emblems, internet domain names and your company name.
Make sure that domains that do not send email cannot be used for spoofing.
Changes for businesses and holders of international EU protected designs.
Guidance for businesses holding registered Community designs and international trade marks and designs.
How UK museums and galleries can arrange to protect exhibits on loan from abroad from court-ordered seizure.
Rules on using a geographical indication (GI) scheme logo to mark a registered protected food or drink name.
The shape and the configuration of objects are automatically protected by design right in the UK and Europe.
How to apply for UK protection of a traditional term for a wine product and get it added to the UK traditional terms register.
See the list of applications to protect the geographical name of wine and aromatised wine in the UK.
Guidance for businesses and organisations holding EU trade marks at the end of the transition period.
International trade mark registrations protected in the EU under the Madrid Protocol will no longer enjoy protection in the UK after 1 January 2021.
To protect your patent outside of the UK, you usually need to apply in each country you want protection in.
Apply for protected designation of origin (PDO) or protected geographical indication (PGI) of a food, drink or agricultural product name under the UK GI scheme.
Whistleblowing - what it is, who to tell, what to expect and how to complain if you're treated unfairly
See the list of applications to protect the geographical name of a food, drink or agricultural product in Great Britain.
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