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List of information about Designs.
Find out what a content designer does and the skills you need to do the job.
Find out what a service designer does and the skills you need to do the job.…
The Designs Act 1949 allows us to give directions in some areas, so that we can react quickly to change.
Find out what a graphic designer does and the skills you need to do the job.
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Use this form to renew a design registration.
Register a design - what designs are protected, search the registers, prepare your illustrations, how to apply, disclaimers and limitations.
Find registered designs in the UK
Provides advice on the key points to take into account on design.
Application forms for designated premises supervisors of licensed premises.…
Every design task is critical at HS2 and every design discipline is covered in our interpretation of design, set out in 'HS2 Design Vision'.
The UK government's design principles and examples of how they've been used.
View designs registered in the designs journal from the last 25 years
You can renew a registered design or restore a design that's expired with the Intellectual Property Office
How to renew your patents, trade marks or registered designs: when to renew, how to renew online or renew and restore by post, how much it costs.
Guidance on creating design codes that promote the creation of successful places as set out in the National Model Design Code.
The shape and the configuration of objects are automatically protected by design right in the UK and Europe.
Change name, address or agent on the design register or cancel your design
You need approval to issue certificates of design or construction in Scotland
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