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How to apply to protect a spirit drink name under the UK GI schemes.
The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) provides lists of English-speaking lawyers abroad to help British nationals find the legal support they need.
How to apply for national listing of agricultural and vegetable plant varieties in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
If your company isn’t a charity you need Charity Commission permission to use the words ‘charity’, ‘charity’s’, ‘charities’ or ‘charitable’ (known as sensitive words) in its name.
The Business List contains three separate sub-lists: business financial services regulatory and pensions business. Business We deal with a wide range business disputes, often with an international dimension. Frequently these concern a business structure (company, LLP, LP, partnership etc) including:...
We deal with complaints about cases where a company name is registered for the primary purpose of preventing someone else with legitimate interest from registering it, or demanding payment from them to release it. Company Names Tribunal works with the...
How Business e-services customers can complete an e-CON application to change the name of a register proprietor through the portal.
How to apply to remove a trustee’s legal name from public display on the charity register in England and Wales (known as a dispensation).
This list covers a large amount of Chancery work which is separate from the Business List. It includes the following types of work: Property landlord and tenant residential landlord and tenant commercial trespass/squatters mortgages land registry land – including title,...
Notify Companies House of a change of name upon restoration, or a direction by the Secretary of State to reinstate 'limited' or 'cyfyngedig' to the name.
Explanation of change of name in the United Kingdom.
Applications, changes and cancellations for consideration under the UK geographical indications (GI) schemes, how to object and appeal against decisions.
How to label spirit drinks that you plan to sell in the UK.
We are a specialist list set up to deal with: claims and appeals concerning patents (including supplementary protection certificates), registered designs, copyright issues, trade marks, semiconductor topography rights and plant varieties; claims and appeals concerning the and other intellectual property...
This guidance explains how to fix an inconsistency relating to your name, as a UK national in Italy, so you can prove your identity to access local services.
Rules on using a geographical indication (GI) scheme logo to mark a registered protected food or drink name.
Home Office guidance on how applications are handled to change names on official documents.
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