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  • Search for a trade mark

    Look up a trade mark to see if something identical or similar to your brand is already registered.

  • Check if a vehicle, part or accessory has been recalled

    Check if a vehicle model, part or accessory has been recalled because of a fault in how it was made

  • Contracts Finder

    Use Contracts Finder to find out about current contract opportunities with the government and its agencies.

  • Register a trade mark

    Protect your brand by registering it as a trade mark - how to apply, fees, responding to objections to your trade mark, using the ® symbol.

  • Search for a patent

    Search for patents and supplementary certificates (SPCs) that have been granted, published and filed

  • Find your local Trading Standards office

    Find a Trading Standards office to complain about illegal sales activity or to get business advice about trading legally

  • Accepting returns and giving refunds: the law

    When you do and do not have to offer a refund, repair or replacement, unconditional refunds for online purchases, and penalties for deceiving customers

  • Find a registered design

    Find registered designs in the UK

  • Check the trade marks journal

    Find details of recent trade mark applications or amendments by searching the journal

  • Application for a personal licence to sell alcohol

    Application for a personal licence requires your licensing qualifications and details of previous or outstanding applications.

    • From: Home Office
  • Online and distance selling

    Rules for online and distance selling for businesses

  • Intellectual property and your work

    What intellectual property is, how you can protect it, and which of copyright, patents, design right and trade marks applies to your work.

  • How copyright protects your work

    Who gets copyright, types of work it covers, permitted use of copyright material, how to license and sell copyright and help resolving disputes.

  • Renew your trade mark

    Renew a trade mark, including late renewals and restoring a trade mark

  • Apply for a patent

    A patent registers your invention and lets you take legal action against anyone who makes, uses, sells or imports your invention without your permission.

  • Pay the data protection fee

    Pay the data protection fee to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) and update your details on the data protection register

  • Vehicle recalls and faults

    What to do if your vehicle, vehicle part or accessory is recalled, has a registered fault and how to report serious safety defect you find

  • Register a design

    Register a design - what designs are protected, search the registers, prepare your illustrations, how to apply, disclaimers and limitations.

  • Track a trade mark

    Sign up for alerts about applications for UK trade marks or international registrations

  • Invoicing and taking payment from customers

    Invoicing and taking payment from customers, what invoices must include, VAT invoices, sole trader invoices, limited company invoices, payment options, charging for late payment, chargebacks