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The shape and the configuration of objects are automatically protected by design right in the UK and Europe.
How to apply for a clinical trial including eligibility, phases, model IMPDs, costs and how to make changes to your application.
Evaluation and case studies from the first phase of our design code pilots.
The Designs Act 1949 allows us to give directions in some areas, so that we can react quickly to change.
How to ensure the products you make or import comply with the law and are safe for consumers to use.
To protect your design outside of the UK, you usually need to apply in each country you want protection in.
Guidance relating to the protection, managing and enforcing of a registered design. Registered designs protect the appearance, shape or decoration of a product.
Sets out process and expectations on pre-application discussions.
Spreadsheets are a common way to share data. Use this information to help you avoid common errors, improve interoperability and create more accessible spreadsheets.
Understand how preventative design measures can reduce the risk of harms happening on your online platform.
Anyone has the right to object and challenge someone else’s design.
How to write up and share your findings
The panel helps ensure that, through great design, HS2 delivers real economic, social and environmental benefits for the whole country.
How to use a contextual inquiry when developing your digital health product.
Information for manufacturers of medical devices about reporting adverse incidents and field safety corrective actions to the MHRA.
The Environment Agency’s Generic Design Assessment (GDA) of new nuclear power station designs and how we engage with others during the process.
Benefit from your design by licensing, mortgaging, selling, changing ownership and exploit by marketing.
This page provides a guide for those interested in key upcoming digital regulatory activity being explored, developed or implemented by government. It covers a range of governance activities, from legislative change to the development of co-regulatory and self-regulatory frameworks.
Find registered designs in the UK
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