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This page provides practical information to help you make the most of your IP when doing business in ASEAN.
If you are in a dispute with someone over the infringement or validity of a patent or SPC, you may request a non-binding opinion.
Give HMRC notice to stop parallel imports arriving in the UK that have been marketed or overproduced without consent of the rights holder.
Summary of the government's ongoing programme of work to develop a code of practice on copyright and AI.
How to avoid, identify and address bid-rigging during the public sector procurement process.
Guidance on how the UK Internal Market Act 2020 works.
A basic guide for businesses on the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations (in effect until 6 April 2025).
This notice is aimed at individuals and small businesses who may wish to use or create knitting, sewing and related patterns.
The patents hearings manual provides guidance to the law and procedure concerning patent and design right hearings.
How to become certified to monitor pollution released from chimney stacks – the experience and training you need and the exams you must take.
This guidance explains the Generic Design Assessment (GDA) process for organisations who want to submit a nuclear power plant design for assessment.
Information on how market surveillance authorities should notify products that pose a risk to the health and safety of consumers and / or are noncompliant.
An overview of our digital transformation.
Details of all patent hearings that are scheduled.
This guide explains the Intellectual Property practice under the Registered Designs Act 1949 and the Registered Design Rules 2006.
Guidance for Market Surveillance Authorities.
This order prevents resale price maintenance in the sale of foreign package holidays.
Highlighting Trading Standards annual IP crime survey results and successful IP cases in the UK.
Sets out the requirements of traffic commissioners and staff acting on their behalf in relation to appeals.
Local authority technical guidance for standards used in weights and measures.
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