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Form to set up a Court Funds Office account for a protected beneficiary and to let the court know how you'd like the money to be invested.
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.
How UK persons’ trading interests are protected and when authorisations must be obtained to trade with countries subject to specific extraterritorial laws.
What intellectual property is, how you can protect it, and which of copyright, patents, design right and trade marks applies to your work
Changes for businesses and holders of international EU protected designs.
See the list of applications to protect the geographical name of a food, drink or agricultural product in Great Britain.
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is responsible for managing fishing and marine non-licensable activities in England’s marine protected areas (MPAs). MMO also manages marine licensable activities through our marine licensing system.
You may need a licence if you can’t avoid disturbing protected birds and animals to survey, film or photograph them.
Find out how to protect wildlife and habitats and apply for wildlife licences so you can legally operate in woodlands and forests.
Tougher sentences for cowardly killers delivered a year on from Wade Review.
Who gets copyright, types of work it covers, permitted use of copyright material, how to license and sell copyright and help resolving disputes
Highly Protected Marine Areas protect our diverse species and habitats around the English Coast.
Using deposit protection schemes - the official schemes, information you must give tenants, what happens if you do not protect a deposit, disputes and advice
Apply for a licence application to sell dead or live protected animals and plants and find out how to report your actions.
This study investigates the potential distributions of 100 of the most invasive terrestrial, freshwater, and marine species in Europe
A form of IP that extends the protection of patented active ingredients present in pharmaceutical or plant protection products.
Action the government is taking to reduce the impact of nutrient pollution on protected sites and enable sustainable development.
How the protected online filing (PROOF) scheme can help you prevent fraudulent changes to your company.
See the list of applications to protect the geographical name of wine and aromatised wine in the UK.
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