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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
The duties and competence requirements for building regulations that clients, designers and contractors must meet.
Find out what makes a person an enabler of tax avoidance, and what to do about legally privileged communications.
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.
Guidance relating to the protection, managing and enforcing of a registered design. Registered designs protect the appearance, shape or decoration of a product.
The information clients, principal designers, principal contractors and accountable persons need to keep.
Get endorsement and approval to apply for the Global Talent visa to work in the UK as a leader in arts and culture - architecture, fashion, film, television.
The UK government's design principles and examples of how they've been used.
A list of 10 criteria that represent good practice in creating, applying and enforcing design codes.
View designs registered in the designs journal from the last 25 years
Find registered designs in the UK
To protect your design outside of the UK, you usually need to apply in each country you want protection in.
Guidelines for organisations or contractors supplying documents for DfT to publish on GOV.UK.
If you import, manufacture, process, distribute or sell plant protection products (PPPs) for professional use in Great Britain, register to comply with regulations.
Provides advice on the key points to take into account on design.
Benefit from your design by licensing, mortgaging, selling, changing ownership and exploit by marketing.
If you’re a business, organisation or sole trader that uses PPPs and adjuvants professionally in Great Britain, register to comply with regulations.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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