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Benefit from your design by licensing, mortgaging, selling, changing ownership and exploit by marketing.
Results of past design and design right decisions issued by us since 2013.
Guidance for businesses holding registered Community designs and international trade marks and designs.
Naming, structuring and scoping your service, prototyping, using design patterns and design training.
Guidance for businesses who have unregistered Community designs.
To protect your design outside of the UK, you usually need to apply in each country you want protection in.
Anyone has the right to object and challenge someone else’s design.
The design community is for anyone who wants to discuss and learn about the role of design in government.
A selection of design codes, chosen by the advisory board to the Office for Place, that demonstrate good practice.
Change name, address or agent on the design register or cancel your design
Guidance on creating design codes that promote the creation of successful places as set out in the National Model Design Code.
The National Model Design Code provides detailed guidance on the production of design codes, guides and policies to promote successful design.
One-day GDS Academy course on the importance of research and design in government.
An overview of the changes to design law contained in the Intellectual Property Act 2014.
Use this form to renew a design registration.
Introduction to content design.
Guidance documents and tools to help with the design and construction of school and further education college buildings and grounds.
Use this form to apply to register one or more designs for which registration has been deferred.
What data is and how to use it, in its various forms, to inform the design and running of a service.
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