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Register a design - what designs are protected, search the registers, prepare your illustrations, how to apply, disclaimers and limitations.
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You must prepare detailed illustrations of your design. You can include up…
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The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) will examine your application. If…
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You can help define the scope of protection given to your registered design by including a disclaimer or limitation alongside your illustration.
CMA provisionally finds Adobe’s deal to buy Figma would likely harm innovation for software used by the vast majority of UK digital designers.
Claim relief on import duty and VAT when importing miscellaneous documents and related articles into the UK.
Details of the exceptions to copyright that allow limited use of copyright works without the permission of the copyright owner.
A web-based application tool, the Rural Road Planning and Prioritisation Model (RPPM), has been developed for Bangladesh
Find out when you can zero rate books and other forms of printed matter.
Use this form to apply to register one or more designs.
Who gets copyright, types of work it covers, permitted use of copyright material, how to license and sell copyright and help resolving disputes
Guidance relating to the protection, managing and enforcing of a registered design. Registered designs protect the appearance, shape or decoration of a product.
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