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The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) is the official UK government body responsible for intellectual property (IP) rights including patents, designs, trade marks and copyright. IPO is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology , supported...
Pharmacovigilance system requirements
How to object to the registration of a lasting or enduring power of attorney - including forms and fees
Look up a trade mark to see if something identical or similar to your brand is already registered.
The carnivores you can feed, when your site must be registered, authorised, or recognised, and the animal by-products you can use.
Monitor the progress of a patent application through search reports, open to the public inspection files, and caveats.
Goods that are controlled and how to get licences for them, the UK Strategic Export Control Lists, dealing with the Export Control Organisation (ECO).
Substances that are classed as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and when you're allowed to use them.
Guidance and forms about importing and exporting goods, customs declarations, duties and tariffs. Including carriers and freight forwarders, storing goods, Freeports and commodity codes.
The characteristics, symptoms and epidemiology of parvovirus B19 (also known as slapped cheek syndrome, fifth disease, or erythma infectiosum).
Check the tariff classification for flavour pods.
Get help to classify drones and aircraft parts for import and export.
Explainer for the pharmaceutical industry on the implementation of the Veterinary Medicines Regulation relating to Pharmacovigilance.
Guidance for industry on flexible approaches we are taking on good distribution practices.
Information about how many laptops, and tablets and 4G routers we have delivered or dispatched to local authorities, and academy trusts and FE colleges.
We help people, businesses and the UK economy by promoting competitive markets and tackling unfair behaviour. CMA is a non-ministerial department.
A collection of guidance explaining different types of intellectual property. Including tools and case studies about protecting IP in your business.
The conditions you must meet to apply for and use Approved Importer status to commercially import dogs, cats and ferrets into England from Belarus, Poland, Romania or Ukraine.
We handle shipping and maritime disputes. Cases that we hear include: collisions between ships disputes over the transport of cargo salvage of a ship, cargo or crew disputes over goods supplied to a ship disputes over mortgages and other security...
The characteristics, diagnosis, epidemiology of hantaviruses.
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