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View designs registered in the designs journal from the last 25 years
Get help to classify textiles and which headings and codes to use.
Guidance relating to the protection, managing and enforcing of a registered design. Registered designs protect the appearance, shape or decoration of a product.
The shape and the configuration of objects are automatically protected by design right in the UK and Europe.
Find registered designs in the UK
Register a design - what designs are protected, search the registers, prepare your illustrations, how to apply, disclaimers and limitations.
Guidance for businesses holding registered Community designs and international trade marks and designs.
Find out which supplies of children’s clothing or footwear are zero-rated for VAT.
Results of past design and design right decisions issued by us since 2013.
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.
VAT and other taxes on shopping and services, including tax-free shopping, energy-saving equipment and mobility aids.
Guidance for businesses who have unregistered Community designs.
Product Safety Reports for Dress up America costumes presenting a serious risk of entrapment, suffocation and choking.
Designs correction of error notices are used to notify any third party of a proposed correction of a clerical error made by the registry prior to a correction taking place.
New British designers to benefit from £2 million government funding to showcase their work at London Fashion Week
The Registered Designs Act 1949 is the current law for the registration of designs and the protection of registered designs in the UK
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