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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
Check what UIDs you need for your tobacco products and the specifications they need to meet.
The DUCR and the optional Part suffix is the main reference key to any Customs Handling of Import & Export Freight (CHIEF) declaration.
The shape and the configuration of objects are automatically protected by design right in the UK and Europe.
How to prepare for implementation and compliance of the Safety Features Regulation.
You must apply to register with Ofsted if you are the registered person, a registered individual or the nominated individual of a daycare.
Find out how new woodland can enhance landscape character as well as a wide range of benefits to the woodland owner and society.
How to get plant breeders' rights and what protection it gives your plant varieties.
This page provides background information on public bodies and gives guidance to departments.
Understand the role of Natural England, local authorities and partnerships when designating or managing AONBs in England.
How to register to keep captive schedule 4 birds, when to ring them and when to microchip them.
Information for entertainers and musicians, from non-visa national countries, such as EU Member States and the US, visiting the UK for performance and work.
The laws on selling, buying and carrying a knife or weapon depend on the type of knife or weapon, your age and your circumstances.
Get help to classify textiles and which headings and codes to use.
Register a design - what designs are protected, search the registers, prepare your illustrations, how to apply, disclaimers and limitations.
Protocols and procedures for testing the distinctiveness, uniformity and stability (DUS) of certain agricultural and vegetable plants.
Find out how and when to report suspicious activity to the National Crime Agency or HMRC.
What intellectual property is, how you can protect it, and which of copyright, patents, design right and trade marks applies to your work
The European Trade Mark and Design Network has produced a common practice for use when assessing the inherent distinctiveness of figurative trade marks containing descriptive and/or non-distinctive words.
Guidance relating to the protection, managing and enforcing of a registered design. Registered designs protect the appearance, shape or decoration of a product.
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