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How to renew your patents, trade marks or registered designs: when to renew, how to renew online or renew and restore by post, how much it costs.
Guidance relating to the protection, managing and enforcing of a registered design. Registered designs protect the appearance, shape or decoration of a product.
Types of vehicle that are free to tax (exempt), including vehicles used by disabled people, mobility scooters, and historic vehicles
Lists of standards that businesses can use to show their products, services or processes comply with essential requirements of legislation.
The government is working to protect UK citizens and businesses from the threats posed by poorly secured consumer connectable products (also known as 'IoT' or 'smart' devices.)
Guidance on creating design codes that promote the creation of successful places as set out in the National Model Design Code.
You can renew a registered design or restore a design that's expired with the Intellectual Property Office
The largest list of employers to be named and shamed for failing to pay their workers the National Minimum Wage has been published.
Apply for an Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) test for cars, goods vehicles, buses and coaches, and trailers on the technical application submission (TAS) service
Results of past design and design right decisions issued by us since 2013.…
Every design task is critical at HS2 and every design discipline is covered in our interpretation of design, set out in 'HS2 Design Vision'.
Employment Tribunal decision.
The Designs Act 1949 allows us to give directions in some areas, so that we can react quickly to change.
Who can check your criminal record for a role, the application process and how to recognise a genuine certificate.
The UK government's design principles and examples of how they've been used.
The shape and the configuration of objects are automatically protected by design right in the UK and Europe.
Provides advice on the key points to take into account on design.
Updating your V5C registration certificate (log book) if you make changes to your vehicle
A limit of 30 miles per hour or 48 kilometres per hour usually applies to all traffic on all roads with street lighting
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