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• Search for a trade mark

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

• 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

• Contracts Finder

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

• 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

• Get help and support for your business

  Get business support and advice over the phone and online - setting up and running a business.

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Guidance and regulation

• Placing manufactured goods on the market in Great Britain from 1 January 2021
  • Detailed guide
  • 1 September 2020
  • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
• Alcohol licensing
  • Detailed guide
  • 24 May 2018
  • Home Office
• Trade mark forms and fees
  • Guidance
  • 30 September 2020
  • Intellectual Property Office
• CE marking
  • Detailed guide
  • 8 October 2012
  • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
• COVID:19 Declaration
  • Notice
  • 2 April 2020
  • Pubs Code Adjudicator

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News and communications

Government to protect small businesses with action on late payments

1 October 2020 — Press release

Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy and Small Business Commissioner

• Trade mark disputes: unpaid costs orders
  • 1 October 2020
  • Intellectual Property Office
  • Decision
• Paper based fee bearing forms have changed
  • 1 October 2020
  • Intellectual Property Office
  • News story
• Mitie / Interserve merger inquiry
  • 30 September 2020
  • Competition and Markets Authority
  • Cma case
• Ardonagh Group / Bennetts Motorcycling Services merger inquiry
  • 30 September 2020
  • Competition and Markets Authority
  • Cma case

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Research and statistics

• Monthly statistics: Patents, trade marks, and designs: July 2020
  • 29 September 2020
  • Intellectual Property Office
  • Official statistics
• OPSS Covid-19 consumer survey
  • 24 September 2020
  • Office for Product Safety and Standards
  • Research
• Use of Intellectual Property rights across UK industries
  • 10 September 2020
  • Intellectual Property Office
  • Research
• Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill: RPC Opinion
  • 4 September 2020
  • Regulatory Policy Committee
  • Research
• Intellectual Property Office – Research at IPO
  • 2 September 2020
  • Intellectual Property Office
  • Research

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Policy papers and consultations

• Type B leniency in RPM cases – Draft Addendum to OFT1495
  • 24 September 2020
  • Competition and Markets Authority
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 28 August 2020
• Foreign Direct Investments: Guidance on the CMA’s powers and procedures
  • 17 September 2020
  • Competition and Markets Authority
  • Closed consultation
  • Date closed 17 September 2020
• Non-hazardous and inert waste: appropriate measures for permitted facilities
  • 14 September 2020
  • Environment Agency
  • Open consultation
  • Closing date 13 November 2020
• Review of consents for major energy infrastructure projects and Special Protection Areas
  • 10 September 2020
  • Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
  • Open consultation
  • Closing date 09 October 2020
• Reducing bureaucratic burden: higher education
  • 10 September 2020
  • Department for Education and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
  • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• Regulatory decisions made about the conduct of professional drivers
  • 29 September 2020
  • Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain
  • Transparency
• Promoting innovation and growth: The IPO at work 2019-20
  • 28 September 2020
  • Intellectual Property Office
  • Corporate report
• Regulatory Policy Committee's Corporate Report 2018-2020
  • 23 September 2020
  • Regulatory Policy Committee
  • Corporate report
• Regulatory Policy Committee's Business Plan 2020-2021
  • 23 September 2020
  • Regulatory Policy Committee
  • Corporate report
• Register of Board Members' Interests
  • 17 September 2020
  • Intellectual Property Office
  • Transparency

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Organisations

• Intellectual Property Office
• Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
• Office for Product Safety & Standards
• Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs
• Pubs Code Adjudicator

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• Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
• Department for Work & Pensions
• Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain
• Groceries Code Adjudicator
• Home Office
• HM Treasury
• Ministry of Justice
• Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
• Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
• Department for Transport
• Cabinet Office
• HM Courts & Tribunals Service
• HM Revenue & Customs
• Department of Health & Social Care
• Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency
• Company Names Tribunal
• Government Digital Service
• Department for International Trade
• Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland
• Government Actuary's Department
• UK Export Finance
• Civil Nuclear Constabulary
• Civil Nuclear Police Authority
• Copyright Tribunal
• Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Government Equalities Office
• Crown Commercial Service
• Department for Education
• The Insolvency Service
• Ministry of Defence
• Companies House
• Veterinary Medicines Directorate
• Office of the Secretary of State for Wales Swyddfa Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru
• Coal Authority
• Marine Management Organisation
• Maritime & Coastguard Agency
• Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
• Northern Ireland Office
• Rural Payments Agency
• Small Business Commissioner
• Government Office for Science
• Her Majesty’s Prison & Probation Service
• HM Passport Office
• Office of the Advocate General for Scotland
• Animal & Plant Health Agency
• Attorney General's Office
• Building Regulations Advisory Committee
• Central Arbitration Committee
• CFRA
• Civil Procedure Rule Committee
• Civil Service Fast Track Apprenticeship
• Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency
• Immigration Enforcement
• Office for Civil Society
• Office of the Public Guardian
• Public Health England
• Race Disparity Unit
• Stabilisation Unit
• Tribunal Procedure Committee
• UK Atomic Energy Authority

• Competition and Markets Authority
• Regulatory Policy Committee
• Environment Agency
• British Hallmarking Council
• Government Chemist
• Innovate UK
• Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation
• Marine Accident Investigation Branch
• Sellafield Ltd
• Ofqual
• Export Control Joint Unit
• Military Aviation Authority
• Low Pay Commission
• UK Space Agency
• Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
• Natural England
• Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner
• Ofsted
• Social Security Advisory Committee
• Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
• Council for Science and Technology
• Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate
• Employment Tribunal
• Highways England
• HM Land Registry
• Office of the Regulator of Community Interest Companies
• UK Hydrographic Office

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