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This list of commonly used terms is intended to assist persons who are affected by an application under the Planning Act 2008 who may be unfamiliar with the language used to describe aspects of the process.
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…
Register a design - what designs are protected, search the registers, prepare your illustrations, how to apply, disclaimers and limitations.
A design registration helps protect the appearance of a product, such as…
Search the following design registers to check if anyone else has…
You must prepare detailed illustrations of your design. You can include up…
You must have illustrations of your design before you can apply to…
The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) will examine your application. If…
Once your design is registered it will be published in the journal of…
Baroness Anne Longfield CBE will lead a 3-year statutory independent inquiry, focusing on grooming gangs and looking at ethnicity, religion and culture.
These guidelines set out how the IPO examines patent applications for medical inventions.
Terms of reference of the Review of the Future of Women’s Football which will focus on 3 key themes.
Guidelines on sampling and result interpretation for microbiologists and infection control nurses working in healthcare environments.
How to show the MHRA you're meeting good clinical practice (GCP) standards and what to expect from an inspection.
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