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Who gets copyright, types of work it covers, permitted use of copyright material, how to license and sell copyright and help resolving disputes
Copyright protects your work and stops others from using it without your…
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Find protected areas, check if your business or home is near one and what environmental restrictions apply.
Tougher sentences for cowardly killers delivered a year on from Wade Review.
It is against the law to discriminate against anyone because of their sex, religion, disability or certain other personal characteristics ('protected characteristics')
How UK museums and galleries can arrange to protect exhibits on loan from abroad from court-ordered seizure.
For company directors, LLP members or people with significant control (PSCs) who are at serious risk and want to protect their personal information from the public.
What to do to protect people who come into contact with your charity through its work from abuse or mistreatment.
How to protect your company from scams and fraud and how to report it.
What intellectual property is, how you can protect it, and which of copyright, patents, design right and trade marks applies to your work
A form of IP that extends the protection of patented active ingredients present in pharmaceutical or plant protection products.
How you can lose your protected allowances on pension savings, how to avoid this and how to tell HMRC if you lose protection.
How to apply to protect a food, drink or agricultural product name under the UK GI schemes.
How the protected online filing (PROOF) scheme can help you prevent fraudulent changes to your company.
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 to assess a planning application when there are protected plants, fungi or lichens on or near a proposed development site.
How to apply for and check protections from the reductions in lifetime allowance.
If you’re a farmer or land manager, you can get funding to support and improve Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs), National Parks and the Broads.
This page provides practical information to help you make the most of your IP when doing business in India.
£31 million of new funding to protect democratic processes and enhance security measures for elected representatives.
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