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Guidance relating to the protection, managing and enforcing of a registered design. Registered designs protect the appearance, shape or decoration of a product.
The duties and competence requirements for building regulations that clients, designers and contractors must meet.
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…
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.
Anyone has the right to object and challenge someone else’s design.
Find out what makes a person an enabler of tax avoidance, and what to do about legally privileged communications.
Find registered designs in the UK
The Designs Act 1949 allows us to give directions in some areas, so that we can react quickly to change.
Change name, address or agent on the design register or cancel your design
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