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View designs registered in the designs journal from the last 25 years
Guidance relating to the protection, managing and enforcing of a registered design. Registered designs protect the appearance, shape or decoration of a product.
The shape and the configuration of objects are automatically protected by design right in the UK and Europe.
This page provides practical information to help you make the most of your IP when doing business in Kazakhstan.
Register a design - what designs are protected, search the registers, prepare your illustrations, how to apply, disclaimers and limitations.
Find out if relief is available for goods using Temporary Admission and if your goods require you to be established inside or outside the UK.
Licensing bodies and collective management organisations can agree licences with users on behalf of owners and collect any royalties the owners are owed.
Find out how to value your goods to help when working out the VAT due when importing goods into the UK.
Find registered designs in the UK
National Society for Education in Art and Design trade union: annual returns, rules, statement to members, decisions and other related documents.
GCE AS and A level subject content for art and design for teaching in schools from 2015.
Anyone has the right to object and challenge someone else’s design.
A collection of case studies showing how businesses have protected their designs to help create value from their ideas.
A list of 10 criteria that represent good practice in creating, applying and enforcing design codes.
Intellectual property research publications commissioned by the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) covering designs.
How to apply for a licence to export cultural goods, including antiques, furniture and archaeological items.
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