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Intellectual property can be bought, sold or licensed.
How to work with the Defence Science Technology Laboratory (Dstl) and Ploughshare Innovations to access our technologies.
Use an OGEL to export controlled dual-use or military goods, software and technology overseas.
Details of General Licences issued by OFSI
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in Indonesia.
Licensing bodies and collective management organisations can agree licences with users on behalf of owners and collect any royalties the owners are owed.
To help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in Philippines.
Guidance for copyright owners on how to grant a licence for, sell or market their work.
What to do before you apply, and how to apply for a licence yourself or through your employer.
A new pathway supporting innovative approaches to the safe, timely and efficient development of medicines to improve patient access.
To help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in Indonesia.
How to apply for a licence to export cultural goods, including antiques, furniture and archaeological items.
Benefit from your design by licensing, mortgaging, selling, changing ownership and exploit by marketing.
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in the Philippines.
Buy or get someone's permission to use a patent, trade mark, design or work under copyright
You may be able to use an open individual export licence (OIEL) to regularly export similar controlled items to the same customer.
Benefit from your trade mark by licensing, mortgaging, selling, transferring ownership, merging and exploit by marketing.
Find registered patents, patent applications and pending patents
To help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in Laos.
Details of expired General Licences issued by OFSI.
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