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Downloadable letters explaining UK laws and conventions on people's names and name changing.
How to apply to remove a trustee’s legal name from public display on the charity register in England and Wales (known as a dispensation).
Collection of romanization systems and tables of correspondence approved by Permanent Committee on Geographical Names (PCGN) and the US Board on Geographic Names. Please note that the application of these systems should be in accordance with PCGN policy for the...
How to display the legal name for your food product.
See the list of applications to protect or cancel the geographical name of a food, drink or agricultural product in Great Britain.
How Business e-services customers can submit a unilateral notice on e-UN1 through the portal.
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.
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...
Reusing a company name is prohibited and subject to specific restrictions.
How to register your medical devices with the MHRA for the markets in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
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