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Register a design - what designs are protected, search the registers, prepare your illustrations, how to apply, disclaimers and limitations.
A design registration helps protect the appearance of a product, such as…
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You must prepare detailed illustrations of your design. You can include up…
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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.
Find registered designs in the UK
The shape and the configuration of objects are automatically protected by design right in the UK and Europe.
To protect your design outside of the UK, you usually need to apply in each country you want protection in.
Guidance documents and tools to help with the design and construction of school and further education college buildings and grounds.
This guidance relates to the legal criteria for determining whether a proposed new building is considered a higher-risk building under the Building Act 1984 (as amended by the Building Safety Act 2022) and the Higher-Risk Buildings (Descriptions and Supplementary Provisions)...
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.
Naming, structuring and scoping your service, prototyping, using design patterns and design training.
You can renew a registered design or restore a design that's expired with the Intellectual Property Office
Benefit from your design by licensing, mortgaging, selling, changing ownership and exploit by marketing.
The UK government's design principles and examples of how they've been used.
Find out how new woodland can enhance landscape character as well as a wide range of benefits to the woodland owner and society.
Evaluation and case studies from the first phase of our design code pilots.
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This guide illustrates how well-designed places that are beautiful, enduring and successful can be achieved in practice.
The National Model Design Code provides detailed guidance on the production of design codes, guides and policies to promote successful design.
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