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Guidance for businesses holding registered Community designs and international trade marks and designs.
To protect your design outside of the UK, you usually need to apply in each country you want protection in.
The Environment Agency’s Generic Design Assessment (GDA) of new nuclear power station designs and how we engage with others during the process.
Find registered designs in the UK
The Registered Designs Act 1949 is the current law for the registration of designs and the protection of registered designs in the UK
Use this form to inform us that you do not want your existing registered community design to be registered in the United Kingdom.
The UK government's design principles and examples of how they've been used.
Register a design - what designs are protected, search the registers, prepare your illustrations, how to apply, disclaimers and limitations.
The Office for Place is funding and supporting 10 new areas in England as part of the Design Code Pathfinder Programme.
Changes for businesses and holders of international EU protected designs.
The Office for Place are looking to work with local authorities who have an adopted design code and are keen to update or expand it.
This is a final Inception Workshop Report
A list of 10 criteria that represent good practice in creating, applying and enforcing design codes.
How to use a quasi-experimental study to evaluate your digital health product.
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