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Intellectual property: Designs
Guidance relating to the protection, managing and enforcing of a registered design. Registered designs protect the appearance, shape or decoration of a product.
This guide is also available in Welsh (Cymraeg).
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Design protection abroad
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Updates to this page
Published 21 September 2023
Last updated 20 December 2023
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Added link to https://www.gov.uk/guidance/protecting-your-design-abroad
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