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Most popular first names for baby boys and girls, from all live births
See the list of applications to protect the geographical name of wine and aromatised wine in the UK.
See the list of applications to protect or cancel the geographical name of a food, drink or agricultural product in Great Britain.
Find out about the UK geographical indication (GI) schemes that protect the geographical names of food, drink and agricultural products, and the UK GI schemes registers.
Information and guidance for variations in names.
We deal with complaints about cases where a company name is registered for the primary purpose of preventing someone else with legitimate interest from registering it, or demanding payment from them to release it. Company Names Tribunal works with the...
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