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The UK government's design principles and examples of how they've been used.
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…
This page includes summaries of the winning bids for the Future RAN (FRANC) competition
The shape and the configuration of objects are automatically protected by design right in the UK and Europe.
The duties and competence requirements for building regulations that clients, designers and contractors must meet.
Guidance for businesses who have unregistered Community designs.
View designs registered in the designs journal from the last 25 years
Resources to support blind cord safety and raise awareness.
Guidance relating to the protection, managing and enforcing of a registered design. Registered designs protect the appearance, shape or decoration of a product.
Design your service using GOV.UK styles, components and patterns.
How to protect, advise and support victims of forced marriage, including information and practice guidelines for professionals.
Descriptions and drawings of various baseline designs for primary and secondary schools
Find out when you can zero rate VAT for advertisements and goods used for the collection of donations.
Check the tariff classification for information displays.
This playbook explains how we use social media at GDS. In it, we share our best practice, what we've learned and what we're planning to do.
Learn how to publish accessible documents to meet the needs of all users under the accessibility regulations.
Development of a standard approach for AI and autonomy in networked multi-sensor systems in security and defence.
A collection of case studies showing how businesses have protected their designs to help create value from their ideas.
The British Hallmarking Council's HALO award 2023 is open for submissions.
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