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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
Get help to classify textiles and which headings and codes to use.
Check what UIDs you need for your tobacco products and the specifications they need to meet.
This guidance outlines the requirements for claiming preferential tariffs under the Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS).
The DUCR and the optional Part suffix is the main reference key to any Customs Handling of Import & Export Freight (CHIEF) declaration.
Find out which supplies of children’s clothing or footwear are zero-rated for VAT.
Examples of unacceptable trade marks around protected emblems, internet domain names and your company name.
Product Recall for River Island Yass Queen Embellished Graphic T-Shirt presenting a chemical risk.
Guidance for businesses holding registered Community designs and international trade marks and designs.
The European Trade Mark and Design Network has produced a common practice for use when assessing the inherent distinctiveness of figurative trade marks containing descriptive and/or non-distinctive words.
Protocols and procedures for testing the distinctiveness, uniformity and stability (DUS) of certain agricultural and vegetable plants.
How to prepare for implementation and compliance of the Safety Features Regulation.
Depending on the objection raised in your examination, you have 2 months to respond through a number of options.
Guidance for businesses who have unregistered Community designs.
Guidance relating to the protection, managing and enforcing of a registered design. Registered designs protect the appearance, shape or decoration of a product.
Section last updated: January 2021.
What intellectual property is, how you can protect it, and which of copyright, patents, design right and trade marks applies to your work
Use the case studies to help you decide when your goods may (or may not) go beyond insufficient production.
How to apply for UK protection of a traditional term for a wine product and get it added to the UK traditional terms register.
Register a design - what designs are protected, search the registers, prepare your illustrations, how to apply, disclaimers and limitations.
Changes for businesses and holders of international EU protected designs.
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