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Protect your brand by registering it as a trade mark - how to apply, fees, responding to objections to your trade mark, using the ® symbol
You can register your trade mark to protect your brand, for example the…
Before you apply for a trade mark you need to: decide which general…
To apply you’ll need: details of what you want to register, for example…
The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) will examine your application and…
Your trade mark will be registered around 10 weeks (2 months, plus 2…
Apply for permission to use Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) logos if you're a driving or motorcycle instructor or provide other driver training.
Who can use the Driver and Vehicle Standards (DVSA) earned recognition logo, where it can be used, and how it must look.
Sets out the conditions for the use of the UKAS (the UK national accreditation body) logo and accreditation symbols.
Includes registering, protecting and applying for designs and patents
Guidance on using Ofsted's logos, plus copyright information.
Look up a trade mark to see if something identical or similar to your brand is already registered.
Buy or get someone's permission to use a patent, trade mark, design or work under copyright
Apply to use the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) logo.
Use the case studies to help you decide when your goods may (or may not) go beyond insufficient production.
Rules on using a geographical indication (GI) scheme logo to mark a registered protected food or drink name.
Anyone in Northern Ireland selling medicines to the public via a website must still comply with the requirement to apply the EU common logo.
We are the department for economic growth. We support businesses to invest, grow and export, creating jobs and opportunities across the country. DBT is a ministerial department, supported by 20 agencies and public bodies .
Rules and regulations for using Ofqual's logo, including on exam certificates.
Register a design - what designs are protected, search the registers, prepare your illustrations, how to apply, disclaimers and limitations.
How to find and apply for opportunities at Sellafield.
When government logos can be used on GOV.UK.
Find out if you need to use the UKCA (UK Conformity Assessed) marking on products you manufacture or handle.
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