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Form to set up a Court Funds Office account for a protected beneficiary and to let the court know how you'd like the money to be invested.
See the list of applications to protect the geographical name of a food, drink or agricultural product in Great Britain.
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.
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is responsible for managing fishing and marine non-licensable activities in England’s marine protected areas (MPAs). MMO also manages marine licensable activities through our marine licensing system.
How UK persons’ trading interests are protected and when authorisations must be obtained to trade with countries subject to specific extraterritorial laws.
What intellectual property is, how you can protect it, and which of copyright, patents, design right and trade marks applies to your work
Changes for businesses and holders of international EU protected designs.
You may need a licence if you can’t avoid disturbing protected birds and animals to survey, film or photograph them.
Tougher sentences for cowardly killers delivered a year on from Wade Review.
Who gets copyright, types of work it covers, permitted use of copyright material, how to license and sell copyright and help resolving disputes
Examples of unacceptable trade marks around protected emblems, internet domain names and your company name.
Highly Protected Marine Areas protect our diverse species and habitats around the English Coast.
Apply for a licence application to sell dead or live protected animals and plants and find out how to report your actions.
Action the government is taking to reduce the impact of nutrient pollution on protected sites and enable sustainable development.
This study investigates the potential distributions of 100 of the most invasive terrestrial, freshwater, and marine species in Europe
Using deposit protection schemes - the official schemes, information you must give tenants, what happens if you do not protect a deposit, disputes and advice
How the protected online filing (PROOF) scheme can help you prevent fraudulent changes to your company.
Apply for protection against infringements of intellectual property rights on imports into and exports out of the UK.
A form of IP that extends the protection of patented active ingredients present in pharmaceutical or plant protection products.
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