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Use this form to apply to register one or more designs divided from an earlier application.
The design community is for anyone who wants to discuss and learn about the role of design in government.
Use this form to apply to register one or more designs.
Information on designs hearings including costs and how to appeal against an outcome.
Changes for businesses and holders of international EU protected designs.
Includes registering, protecting and applying for designs and patents
The Environment Agency’s Generic Design Assessment (GDA) of new nuclear power station designs and how we engage with others during the process.
The Registered Designs Act 1949 is the current law for the registration of designs and the protection of registered designs in the UK
Benefit from your design by licensing, mortgaging, selling, changing ownership and exploit by marketing.
Design Practice Notices (DPNs) are used to notify our stakeholders of changes in relation to examination practice.
Attitudes and behaviour of design rights owners towards infringement. Develop methodology for future use with the baseline evidence received.
Use this form to request for a search of the UK designs register.
Designs correction of error notices are used to notify any third party of a proposed correction of a clerical error made by the registry prior to a correction taking place
Outline of the design approach taken to various aspects of the baseline designs
We are seeking views on how to make the designs framework better and encourage creativity, innovation and give the UK a competitive edge.
What clients, principal designers and principal contractors must do to follow the Building Safety Act 2022 and the Building Safety Regulator (BSR).
Use this form to request a certified copy of a design.
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