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Includes registering, protecting and applying for designs and patents
A collection of case studies showing how businesses have protected their designs to help create value from their ideas.
Register a design - what designs are protected, search the registers, prepare your illustrations, how to apply, disclaimers and limitations.
The UK government's design principles and examples of how they've been used.
How to make design prototypes as you build your service.
Provides advice on the key points to take into account on design.
This section shows how to translate user needs into policy and services and how you to work collaboratively with users and specialists
What intellectual property is, how you can protect it, and which of copyright, patents, design right and trade marks applies to your work
The design community is for anyone who wants to discuss and learn about the role of design in government.
This section introduces design, digital, data and Open Policy Making and tell you when to use this Toolkit.
The purpose of this exercise is to create a concept design for the building to give an indication of a possible solution to the requirements
This section introduces design, digital, data and Open Policy Making and tells you when to use this toolkit.
The shape and the configuration of objects are automatically protected by design right in the UK and Europe.
Get a better understanding of your users and start testing your design ideas.
Find out how new woodland can enhance landscape character as well as a wide range of benefits to the woodland owner and society.
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