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The shape and the configuration of objects are automatically protected by design right in the UK and Europe.
Provides advice on the key points to take into account on design.
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…
Search the following design registers to check if anyone else has…
You must prepare detailed illustrations of your design. You can include up…
You must have illustrations of your design before you can apply to…
The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) will examine your application. If…
Once your design is registered it will be published in the journal of…
To protect your design outside of the UK, you usually need to apply in each country you want protection in.
A list of 10 criteria that represent good practice in creating, applying and enforcing design codes.
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.
The duties and competence requirements for building regulations that clients, designers and contractors must meet.
Guidance relating to the protection, managing and enforcing of a registered design. Registered designs protect the appearance, shape or decoration of a product.
Guidance for businesses holding registered Community designs and international trade marks and designs.
View designs registered in the designs journal from the last 25 years
Find registered designs in the UK
Guidance for businesses who have unregistered Community designs.
A collection of case studies showing how businesses have protected their designs to help create value from their ideas.
Changes for businesses and holders of international EU protected designs.
Use this form to apply to register one or more designs for which registration has been deferred.
What intellectual property is, how you can protect it, and which of copyright, patents, design right and trade marks applies to your work
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