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The duties and competence requirements for building regulations that clients, designers and contractors must meet.
This guidance sets out the standards for those that serve on the boards of public bodies, and how they can best support effective working relationships with departments.
The shape and the configuration of objects are automatically protected by design right in the UK and Europe.
Anyone has the right to object and challenge someone else’s design.
A list of 10 criteria that represent good practice in creating, applying and enforcing design codes.
Register a design - what designs are protected, search the registers, prepare your illustrations, how to apply, disclaimers and limitations.
How to use an N-of-1 study to evaluate your digital health product.
How to use a quasi-experimental study to evaluate your digital health product.
Guidance for businesses who have unregistered Community designs.
View designs registered in the designs journal from the last 25 years
Guidance relating to the protection, managing and enforcing of a registered design. Registered designs protect the appearance, shape or decoration of a product.
Find registered designs in the UK
The UK government's design principles and examples of how they've been used.
Apply to work on non-domestic premises for up to half of your time.
Change name, address or agent on the design register or cancel your design
Get help to classify textiles and which headings and codes to use.
How to assess and report B2C and B2B electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) and waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) products.
Information for entertainers and musicians, from non-visa national countries, such as EU Member States and the US, visiting the UK for performance and work.
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