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Rules on using a geographical indication (GI) scheme logo to mark a registered protected food or drink name.
What intellectual property is, how you can protect it, and which of copyright, patents, design right and trade marks applies to your work
Having the right type of intellectual property protection helps you to…
Protecting your intellectual property makes it easier to take legal action…
Find out about the UK geographical indication (GI) schemes that protect the geographical names of food, drink and agricultural products, and the UK GI schemes registers.
Anyone in Northern Ireland selling medicines to the public via a website must still comply with the requirement to apply the EU common logo.
Guidance for the veterinary pharmaceutical industry on the production of mock-ups for assessment.
How to apply to protect a food, drink or agricultural product name under the UK GI schemes.
How a product complies with EU safety, health and environmental requirements, and how to place a CE marking on your product.
Who can use the Driver and Vehicle Standards (DVSA) earned recognition logo, where it can be used, and how it must look.
The rules about product labelling - including special rules for retailers and manufacturers in different business sectors (like food, jewellery and toys)
Apply to use the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) logo.
A new pathway supporting innovative approaches to the safe, timely and efficient development of medicines to improve patient access.
Use the case studies to help you decide when your goods may (or may not) go beyond insufficient production.
How to ensure the products you make or import comply with the law and are safe for consumers to use.
Guidance on using Ofsted's logos, plus copyright information.
Explainer on product information templates to be used by applicants and Marketing Authorisation Holders (MAHs) of veterinary medicines.
Help to Buy: Equity Loan is now closed and can no longer be advertised.
How to apply to protect a wine name or aromatised wine name under the UK GI schemes and how to use a traditional term to describe a wine product.
Guidance relating to the protection, managing and enforcing of a registered design. Registered designs protect the appearance, shape or decoration of a product.
Labelling rules for businesses in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and retailers in Northern Ireland, for certain agri-food products moved under the Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme.
How to assess household and non-household packaging from 2024 onwards if you’re a UK organisation affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
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