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Product Recall for River Island Yass Queen Embellished Graphic T-Shirt presenting a chemical risk.
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…
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Find out which supplies of children’s clothing or footwear are zero-rated for VAT.
Find registered designs in the UK
Guidance for businesses holding registered Community designs and international trade marks and designs.
Guidance relating to the protection, managing and enforcing of a registered design. Registered designs protect the appearance, shape or decoration of a product.
View designs registered in the designs journal from the last 25 years
The shape and the configuration of objects are automatically protected by design right in the UK and Europe.
A list of 10 criteria that represent good practice in creating, applying and enforcing design codes.
Use this form to apply to register one or more designs.
To protect your design outside of the UK, you usually need to apply in each country you want protection in.
Includes chapters on applications, modification, priority and convention claims, illustrations and disclaimers.
Guidance for businesses who have unregistered Community designs.
Use this form to apply to register one or more designs divided from an earlier application.
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Find out when you can zero rate VAT for advertisements and goods used for the collection of donations.
The Designs Act 1949 allows us to give directions in some areas, so that we can react quickly to change.
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