We use some essential cookies to make this website work.
We’d like to set additional cookies to understand how you use GOV.UK, remember your settings and improve government services.
We also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver content from their services.
You have accepted additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
You have rejected additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
Departments, agencies and public bodies
News stories, speeches, letters and notices
Detailed guidance, regulations and rules
Reports, analysis and official statistics
Consultations and strategy
Data, Freedom of Information releases and corporate reports
The Designs Act 1949 allows us to give directions in some areas, so that we can react quickly to change.
The Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A / VAM) is the world’s largest museum of decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 4.5 million objects. Named after Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, it was founded in 1852, and...
Change name, address or agent on the design register or cancel your design
VAT and other taxes on shopping and services, including tax-free shopping, energy-saving equipment and mobility aids.
Check the tariff classification for lace-up low shoes.
Design Practice Notices (DPNs) are used to notify our stakeholders of changes in relation to examination practice.
Official statistics include the latest five years of monthly data for patents, trade marks, and designs, based on IPO administrative data.
Look up a trade mark to see if something identical or similar to your brand is already registered.
Get help to classify footwear and parts of footwear for import and export.
A list of 10 criteria that represent good practice in creating, applying and enforcing design codes.
Includes registering, protecting and applying for designs and patents
Guidance for businesses who have unregistered Community designs.
Product Recall for Yhong girl's Halloween dress-up star outfit sold via Amazon presenting a serious risk of choking. The product also presents flammability, entrapment and asphyxiation risks.
Design your service using GOV.UK styles, components and patterns.
Use this form to request a certified copy of a design.
Find UK trade data from HMRC. Look up data about imports, exports, commodities and traders.
The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) is the official UK government body responsible for intellectual property (IP) rights including patents, designs, trade marks and copyright. IPO is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology , supported...
Use this form to apply to register one or more designs for which registration has been deferred.
AiG Award Winner Pack, Digital Goodie Bags
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
To help us improve GOV.UK, we’d like to know more about your visit today. We’ll send you a link to a feedback form. It will take only 2 minutes to fill in. Don’t worry we won’t send you spam or share your email address with anyone.