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Intellectual property can be bought, sold or licensed.
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Guidance for copyright owners on how to grant a licence for, sell or market their work.
You usually need a licence from PPL PRS to play live or recorded music in public - includes playing background music at your business, and staging live music or theatre productions.
The different types of SIA licence, and which job activities need a licence.
Information on whether you need approval to put on certain types of regulated entertainment.
Information about new applications, post-licensing, advertising, product information and fees.
Reports and data on export control licensing compiled by the export control organisation.
Information on the different types of alcohol licences available and guidance on how to apply for them.
How to license a medicine for sale in the UK, including national and international routes, and information on fees.
Form and guidance to apply for a licence as a licensed seed testing station.
Check the veterinary product information database to find out if a medicine is safe to use on your pet or has been removed from sale
Buy or get someone's permission to use a patent, trade mark, design or work under copyright
Guidance on copyright licences and how copyright affects schools.
This page sets out the licensing policy which applies to designated persons under the ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida (United Nations Sanctions) (EU Exit) regime, the Counter-Terrorism (International Sanctions) (EU Exit) regime and the Counter-Terrorism (Sanctions) (EU Exit) regime
How to get permission to copy a creative work for which the right holder(s) cannot be found ie an orphan work.
Manufacturer licences including importer licences, specials, investigational and non orthodox and wholesale distribution licences.
Guidance on how to license electronic cigarettes and other inhaled nicotine-containing products (NCPs) as medicines in the UK.
A new pathway supporting innovative approaches to the safe, timely and efficient development of medicines to improve patient access.
Department of Health and Social Care and MHRA register of licensed wholesale distribution sites (human and veterinary).
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