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Services

1. Search for a trade mark

   Look up a trade mark to see if something identical or similar to your brand is already registered

2. Check if a vehicle, part or accessory has been recalled

   Check if a vehicle model, part or accessory has been recalled because of a fault in how it was made

3. Contracts Finder

   Use Contracts Finder to find out about current contract opportunities with the government and its agencies

4. Find your local Trading Standards office

   Find a Trading Standards office to complain about illegal sales activity or to get business advice about trading legally

5. Apply to register a trade mark

   Protect your brand by registering it as a trade mark - how to apply, fees, responding to objections to your trade mark, using the ® symbol

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Guidance and regulation

1. Alcohol licensing
   • Detailed guide
   • 24 May 2018
   • Home Office
2. Using personal data after Brexit
   • Detailed guide
   • 6 February 2019
   • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport, Information Commissioner's Office, and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
3. Trade mark forms and fees
   • Guidance
   • 14 January 2019
   • Intellectual Property Office
4. Non-disclosure agreements
   • Guidance
   • 12 March 2015
   • Intellectual Property Office
5. IP and Brexit: the facts
   • Guidance
   • 22 March 2019
   • Intellectual Property Office

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News and communications

22 March 2019 — Cma case

J Sainsbury PLC / Asda Group Ltd merger inquiry

Competition and Markets Authority

1. Tobii AB / Smartbox Assistive Technology Limited and Sensory Software International Ltd merger inquiry
   • 22 March 2019
   • Competition and Markets Authority
   • Cma case
2. Digital competition expert panel recommendations: CMA view
   • 22 March 2019
   • Competition and Markets Authority
   • Correspondence
3. GCA Annual Conference
   • 21 March 2019
   • Groceries Code Adjudicator
   • News story
4. TopCashback / Quidco merger inquiry
   • 21 March 2019
   • Competition and Markets Authority
   • Cma case

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Research and statistics

1. Offshore automatic enrolment into workplace pensions: RPC Opinion
   • 21 March 2019
   • Department for Work and Pensions and Regulatory Policy Committee
   • Research
2. Section 19 & 22 Permits for Road Passenger Transport: RPC Opinion
   • 21 March 2019
   • Department for Transport and Regulatory Policy Committee
   • Research
3. Continuity in interoperability after exiting EU: RPC Opinion
   • 21 March 2019
   • Department for Transport and Regulatory Policy Committee
   • Research
4. Vulnerable safeguard tariff: RPC Opinion
   • 21 March 2019
   • Regulatory Policy Committee and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
   • Research
5. Extension of MiFID II product governance provisions: RPC Opinion
   • 20 March 2019
   • Regulatory Policy Committee
   • Research

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Policy papers and consultations

1. CA98 penalties guidance 'no deal' update
   • 18 March 2019
   • Competition and Markets Authority
   • Open consultation
   • Closing date 15 April 2019
2. Effects of a 'no deal' EU Exit on the functions of the CMA
   • 18 March 2019
   • Competition and Markets Authority
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 25 February 2019
3. River basin planning: working together
   • 14 March 2019
   • Environment Agency
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 22 December 2018
4. Digital Competition Expert Panel: call for evidence
   • 13 March 2019
   • HM Treasury
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 08 December 2018
5. UK-China Cooperation on Intellectual Property
   • 11 March 2019
   • Foreign & Commonwealth Office and Intellectual Property Office
   • Case study

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

1. IPO payments: 2019
   • 22 March 2019
   • Intellectual Property Office
   • Transparency
2. Regulatory Policy Committee meeting minutes December 2016
   • 19 March 2019
   • Regulatory Policy Committee
   • Corporate report
3. Regulatory Policy Committee meeting minutes February 2016
   • 19 March 2019
   • Regulatory Policy Committee
   • Corporate report
4. Regulatory Policy Committee meeting minutes May 2016
   • 19 March 2019
   • Regulatory Policy Committee
   • Corporate report
5. Regulatory Policy Committee meeting minutes June 2016
   • 19 March 2019
   • Regulatory Policy Committee
   • Corporate report

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Organisations

1. Intellectual Property Office
2. Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
3. Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
4. Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs
5. Home Office

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1. Office for Product Safety & Standards
2. Department for Work & Pensions
3. Ministry of Justice
4. Groceries Code Adjudicator
5. HM Treasury
6. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
7. Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
8. Pubs Code Adjudicator
9. Foreign & Commonwealth Office
10. Department for Transport
11. Cabinet Office
12. HM Courts & Tribunals Service
13. Department of Health & Social Care
14. HM Revenue & Customs
15. Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency
16. Public Health England
17. Department for International Trade
18. Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland
19. UK Export Finance
20. Civil Nuclear Constabulary
21. Civil Nuclear Police Authority
22. Ministry of Defence
23. Company Names Tribunal
24. Crown Commercial Service
25. Department for Education
26. Government Actuary's Department
27. Government Equalities Office
28. The Insolvency Service
29. Office of the Secretary of State for Wales Swyddfa Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru
30. Department for Exiting the European Union
31. Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
32. Northern Ireland Office
33. Rural Payments Agency
34. Companies House
35. Copyright Tribunal
36. Department for International Development
37. Government Office for Science
38. Her Majesty’s Prison & Probation Service
39. HM Passport Office
40. Marine Management Organisation
41. Maritime & Coastguard Agency
42. Office of the Advocate General for Scotland
43. Animal & Plant Health Agency
44. Attorney General's Office
45. Bona Vacantia
46. Building Regulations Advisory Committee
47. Central Arbitration Committee
48. CFRA
49. Civil Procedure Rule Committee
50. Civil Service Fast Track Apprenticeship
51. Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency
52. Immigration Enforcement
53. Office for Civil Society
54. Office of the Public Guardian
55. Small Business Commissioner
56. Stabilisation Unit
57. Coal Authority
58. Tribunal Procedure Committee
59. UK Atomic Energy Authority
60. Veterinary Medicines Directorate

1. Competition and Markets Authority
2. Regulatory Policy Committee
3. Environment Agency
4. British Hallmarking Council
5. Government Chemist
6. Marine Accident Investigation Branch
7. Innovate UK
8. Military Aviation Authority
9. Export Control Joint Unit
10. Ofqual
11. Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
12. Low Pay Commission
13. Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner
14. Ofsted
15. Social Security Advisory Committee
16. UK Space Agency
17. Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
18. Council for Science and Technology
19. Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate
20. Highways England
21. HM Land Registry
22. Natural England
23. Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies
24. Single Source Regulations Office
25. UK Hydrographic Office

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1. Alcohol licensing
2. Competition
3. Consumer rights and issues
4. Energy industry and infrastructure licensing and regulation
5. Intellectual property
6. Product safety
7. Regulation reform
8. Sale of goods and services and data protection
9. State aid