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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…
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…
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.
The UK government's design principles and examples of how they've been used.
Using HM Land Registry’s portal, you can easily find, edit, submit and track a colleague's application.
Find out how new woodland can enhance landscape character as well as a wide range of benefits to the woodland owner and society.
How to use a multiphase optimisation strategy (MOST) to evaluate your digital health product.
Find a list of codes for the relevant document codes, document status codes and details to be declared (for example, licences and certificates) in Data Element 2/3 (Appendix 5A).
How to use a factorial randomised controlled trial to evaluate your digital health product.
How to register your medical devices with the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) for the markets in Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Actions that trial sponsors should consider to build resilience into clinical trial design
The duties and competence requirements for building regulations that clients, designers and contractors must meet.
Reduce development overhead and time to deployment by standardising how teams design, launch and manage APIs in your organisation.
How to choose data tools and infrastructure that are flexible, scalable, sustainable and secure.
Find a list of codes for the types of Government Department licences that can be declared for imports and exports in Data Element 2/3 (Appendix 5C).
Find registered designs in the UK
Information to help you protect, manage and enforce your Intellectual Property (IP) rights in South Korea.
The shape and the configuration of objects are automatically protected by design right in the UK and Europe.
Get help to classify textiles and which headings and codes to use.
Design your service using GOV.UK styles, components and patterns.
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