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If you made a UK application for action after 1 December 2020, you can extend it to protect your intellectual property rights at least 30 working days before it expires.
Find out what areas the Scottish administration legislates on and how it is structured.
The Intellectual Property (Exhaustion of Rights) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 ensures the continued operation of the UK’s exhaustion of intellectual property rights regime at the end of 2023 without making substantive changes to this policy area.
This document contains the following information: Amendment to the Convention on access to information, public participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters: Almaty, 27 May 2005.
Guidance for business and consumers on rights for consumers who have experienced misleading or aggressive selling.
Sections (27.01 - 27.33) last updated: April 2023.
As a form of intellectual property protection, plant breeders’ rights allow businesses to control seed and other propagating material of new varieties, allowing them to recoup the long term investment in their development. This instrument amends existing UK plant variety...
Legislation and guidance on the Liberty Protection Safeguards (LPS) and the latest information on progress towards their implementation.
Find out when transactions involving land and buildings are exempt from VAT.
Draft regulations to implement the franchise measures in the Elections Act 2022, amending the voting rights of EU citizens for elections that use the local government franchise and are reserved to the UK Parliament.
Responding to suspected breaches of planning control.
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