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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…
The shape and the configuration of objects are automatically protected by design right in the UK and Europe.
Make sure citizens’ rights are protected by integrating privacy as an essential part of your system.
View designs registered in the designs journal from the last 25 years
Provides advice on the key points to take into account on design.
Guidance for businesses who have unregistered Community designs.
Guidance relating to the protection, managing and enforcing of a registered design. Registered designs protect the appearance, shape or decoration of a product.
Information about the Personal Injury Discount Rate review 2024.
Understand how preventative design measures can reduce the risk of harms happening on your online platform.
Find registered designs in the UK
This guide is to help you and your business understand issues around data protection and privacy. It is intended for organisations that provide online services likely to be accessed by children.
Self-build and custom housebuilding registers.
Privacy notice for the Homes for Ukraine research and design team's use of personal data.
Change name, address or agent on the design register or cancel your design
Research on people likely to be affected by the implementation of Personal Independence Payment and its associated products and processes.
Design your service using GOV.UK styles, components and patterns.
Get certified or uncertified copies of your patent, trade mark or design registration documents to prove that you have intellectual property rights.
Find out how new woodland can enhance landscape character as well as a wide range of benefits to the woodland owner and society.
Practical steps to manage the risk of online harms if your online platform makes users’ account details and activity visible to others.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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