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Results of past design and design right decisions issued by us since 2013.
Guidance documents and tools to help with the design and construction of school and further education college buildings and grounds.
The Designs Act 1949 allows us to give directions in some areas, so that we can react quickly to change.
A collection of case studies showing how businesses have protected their designs to help create value from their ideas.
Guidance on choosing evaluation study types and methods.
Guidance on designing, building and running application programming interfaces (APIs), as well as standards for delivering the best service to users.
Design Practice Notices (DPNs) are used to notify our stakeholders of changes in relation to examination practice.
How to use an interrupted time series to evaluate your digital health product.
Intellectual property research publications commissioned by the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) covering designs.
Collection of European Trade Mark and Design Network common practice notices.
Guidance relating to the protection, managing and enforcing of a registered design. Registered designs protect the appearance, shape or decoration of a product.
Guidance on changes to design and patent law which came into effect on 1 October 2014.
How to use a combination of quantitative and qualitative data to evaluate your digital health product.
Dried blood spots are a common medium for collecting patient blood prior to testing for malaria by molecular methods
Provides advice on the key points to take into account on design.
A list of 10 criteria that represent good practice in creating, applying and enforcing design codes.
A collection of defence design, specification and maintenance guidance documents.
The Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A / VAM) is the world’s largest museum of decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 4.5 million objects. Named after Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, it was founded in 1852, and...
Documents about the Generic Design Assessment (GDA) of the UK HPR1000 new nuclear power station design.
The government is working to protect UK citizens and businesses from the threats posed by poorly secured consumer connectable products (also known as 'IoT' or 'smart' devices.)
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