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Provides advice on the key points to take into account on design.
A list of 10 criteria that represent good practice in creating, applying and enforcing design codes.
The UK government's design principles and examples of how they've been used.
How to ensure the products you make or import comply with the law and are safe for consumers to use.
Tech Minister Saqib Bhatti's speech to the National Cyber Security Centre's CyberUK 2024 conference in Birmingham.
The duties and competence requirements for building regulations that clients, designers and contractors must meet.
A selection of design codes, chosen by the advisory board to the Office for Place, that demonstrate good practice.
The shape and the configuration of objects are automatically protected by design right in the UK and Europe.
Guidance on the grant to provide additional support to 21 areas producing exemplar design codes.
Register a design - what designs are protected, search the registers, prepare your illustrations, how to apply, disclaimers and limitations.
View designs registered in the designs journal from the last 25 years
Evaluation and case studies from the first phase of our design code pilots.
Researchers around the world will soon be able to access millions of the natural, historic specimens found in UK museums at the click of a button as part of a £473 million UK fund to enhance key research infrastructure.
Guidance relating to the protection, managing and enforcing of a registered design. Registered designs protect the appearance, shape or decoration of a product.
Find registered designs in the UK
To protect your design outside of the UK, you usually need to apply in each country you want protection in.
Guidance for businesses who have unregistered Community designs.
Finger-block baseline designs for a 1,200 place 11 to 16 secondary school with a typical curriculum.
Design, build and operate APIs in a consistent way
Finger-block baseline designs for a 1,200 place 11 to 16 secondary school with an academic specialism.
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